Worldwide Shortage of Isotopes for Medical Imaging Could Threaten Quality of Patient Care

With 20 million people in the United States alone getting medical scans and treatments each year that require radioactive isotopes, scientists today described a global shortage of these life-saving materials that could jeopardize patient care and drive-up health care costs. The findings are scheduled for presentation in August at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Boston.

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