Scientists in Canada are the first to make commercial quantities of the medical isotope technetium-99m using medical cyclotrons. The material is currently made in just a few ageing nuclear reactors ...

Tackling supply shortages: As the supply chain for medical radioisotopes continues to struggle, researchers are developing new methods for producing technetium-99m, and exploring the potential of ...

The abrupt shutdown of two aging nuclear reactors that produce a radioisotope widely used in medical imaging has forced physicians in the U.S. and abroad into a crisis, requiring them to postpone or ...

A commonly used radioisotope, technetium-99m, used in medical diagnoses regularly suffers from shortages due to being produced at aging nuclear reactors that often shut down for repairs. But an ...

The man with radioactive atoms flowing through his veins seems calm. He moves onto a gurney and lies still as it slides into a humming, doughnut-shaped scanner at Vancouver General Hospital. His foot ...