Kolkata: Amid global concerns over scarcity of molybdenum-99, Indian scientists are gearing up to address the country’s need of producing the key radioactive isotope required for diagnostic purposes in nuclear medicine, including cancer detection.
Scientists at the Kolkata-based Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) claim India can resort to an alternative route of production of molybdenum 99 or molly 99 at the upcoming ANURIB (Advanced National Facility for Unstable and Rare Ion Beams), Asia’s second advanced facility for research on radioactive ion beams (RIB).
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