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G0 Cell rests it. For . B.Sc. Chemistry (General), Part- I. By. Dr. . Kakoli. . Banerjee. Department of Chemistry. Aims and Objectives. Definition of Radioactivity . Discovery of Radioactivity- The Pioneers. Cause of Radioactivity- Nuclear Instability. Bradley . Burton, . PharmD. , BCOP, . CACP. September 13, 2014. 1. Disclosure. No personal or financial disclosures to report. This continuing education activity contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses that are not indicated by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indication, contraindications, and warnings.. Radiation Therapy (R/T) For Cancer. About 99% of patients treated with Radiation Therapy (R/T) have malignancies. Approximately 60% of patients with cancer require Radiation Therapy. About 60% get R/T with the aim to cure. Nuclear Stability . Nuclear stability . means that nucleus is stable meaning . that it . does not spontaneously emit any kind of radioactivity (radiation). . On the other hand, . if the . nucleus is unstable (not stable), it has the tendency of emitting some kind of . Fission produces highly radioactive isotopes. All of the highly radioactive materials on earth have been produced by fission.. Cs-137 (Cesium-137). Cs-137 is . produced by nuclear fission . for use in medical devices and gauges. . The Discovery of Radioactivity. Henri Becquerel (1896): . Investigated the effect . of sunlight on crystals of . uranium salts. . By chance he left sample . . resting on a . photographic plate wrapped . Joseph T. Hodges. , Adam J. Fleisher, Qingnan Liu, Abneesh Srivastava and David A. Long. Chemical Sciences Division. National Institute of Standards and Technology . Gaithersburg, MD. joseph.hodges@nist.gov. . . Dr.Sayed. Abbas.. NMT 244. Lecture 9. 99mTc. 99mTc . is used in 80% of NM procedures. 25 million . procedures per annum in world. 99Mo/ 99mTc generator . 99Mo has half life 67hrs. 99mTc half life 6 hrs. – What is it?. All substance are made of . atoms. . These have . electrons. (e) around the outside, and a . nucleus. in the middle. The nucleus consists of . protons. (p) and . neutrons. (n), and is extremely small. (Atoms are almost entirely made of empty space. La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . By. Dr. Amr A. . Abd-Elghany. Introduction to Radiation Oncology. Radiation has been an effective tool for treating cancer for more than 100 years. .. Radiation oncologists are doctors trained to use radiation to eradicate cancer. nEXO. collaboration. The University of Alabama. Radon daughter plate-out . as a background source in nEXO. Motivation: Radon daughter background. Radon daughters can deposit on the nEXO detector surfaces while they are exposed to air:. The cell life cycle The cell cycle G0 = Cell is resting G1 = RNA and proteins are made S = DNA is made G2 = Apparatus for mitosis is built M = Mitosis (the cell divides into 2 cells) G0 phase (restin David O. Carpenter, MD. Institute for Health and the Environment. University at Albany. . What Are the Risks?. Risks to human health:. a. Air contamination with volatile organic compounds (VOCs)..