- FDA Approves Clinical Trials
for I-131 MIBG Therapy
- The FDA has approved two
clinical trials to begin in Dec or early 2007 for the use of
I-131 MIBG in the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma.
These studies are coordinated by New Advances in Neuroblastoma
Therapy (NANT) consortium. For more information about the
studies and the list of locations
click here.
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- Pharmacy CE
- December 31 is approaching so it
is time to make sure you are up-to-date on your pharmacy
continuing education. Nuclear CE lessons are available
from the University of New Mexico at
http://hsc.unm.edu/pharmacy/
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radiopharmacyCE/. Additional CE hours will soon be added for
BCNP requirements. For those that obtained BCNP
certification in 1999, your recertification is due this year.
Check with the BPS on your
status if you have any questions.
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- New Election Cycle
- The APhA Nuclear Section is
looking candidates for the Chair-Elect and the New Practitioner
(graduated after March 2003) officer positions for
2008-2010. If you would like to serve the nuclear section
as an officer, applications are due by December 15th. Go
to
APhA for information.
Recommended Reading
Neil Petry, BCNP has passed along
these suggested readings,
Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of
Science That Changed the Course of World War II and "109
East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
both by Jennet Conant (2002). "Together these books help
characterize what the big names in 20th century science were like in
real life. It was interesting to learn how all these big time
scientists were connected." You may want to add these titles
to your Christmas list.
| Jan. 22-24 |
Workshop on Imaging-Based Tools for Target Pharmacokinetics/
Pharmacodynamics, Pasadena, CA |
| Feb. 15-18 |
SNM
2007 Mid-Winter Meeting, San Antonio, TX |
| Feb. 22 |
2007 Northern California Mid-Winter Meeting, Oakland,
California |
| March 16-19, 2007 |
2007 APhA Meeting in Atlanta, GA |
| April 13-15 |
37th Annual Mid-Eastern Chapter, SNM Spring Meeting, Ocean
City, Maryland |
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210Polonium
Polonium-210 is
currently in the news due to radiation poisoning and
death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Po-210 is an alpha emitter that has a half-life of
138.376 days. A milligram of Po-210 emits as many
alpha particles as 5 grams of radium. A great deal
of energy is released by its decay with half a gram
quickly reaching a temperature above 750 K. It has
been used to heat lunar spacecraft. Alpha
spectroscopy is the best method of measuring this
isotope.
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