Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activityA Meditation on Nuclear Medicine
A visit with Silvia Jurisson, Professor of Chemistry
Additional Interview Clips
Using radioisotopes for diagnosing disease
Imaging and Therapy
An abbreviated history of nuclear medicine, from 1895
What are radiopharmaceuticals?
Types of radiation and their uses
Isotopes used in diagnosing disease.
Development of bone agents
Therapeutic uses of radioisotopes
Jurisson’s current research
Collaborating with students and other faculty
How Jurisson became a chemist
The MU Saturday Morning Science program
Nuclear waste recycling
MU facult in radiochemistry
How Tc-99m is made
Designing radiopharmaceuticals
Topics:
radiopharmaceuticals,
cancer_treatment,
Designing radiopharmaceuticals involves combining the right radioisotope with a targeting molecule, in order to take it to the tumor. The selection of the targeting molecule depends upon the type of cancer. In the case of breast cancer, for example, a hormone molecule might be used.