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DOE Isotope Program Highlights
![Illustration by Christopher Orosco, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Illustration of the structure of the radium compound characterized in this research. Single crystal X-ray diffraction provided detailed information on the bonding of radium in an organic molecule for the first time.](/sites/default/files/styles/center_news_homepage/public/2024-07/Radium-Crystalization-Structure.png?h=305389c3&itok=TbW0JsXy)
A First Look Inside Radium’s Solid-State Chemistry
![Image courtesy of Bobba, K.N., et al., Evaluation of cerium/lanthanum-134 as a PET imaging theranostic pair for 225Ac alpha radiotherapeutics. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 64, 7 (2023). Radiopharmaceuticals based on cerium/lanthanum-134 have promise for prostate cancer imaging and therapy. At right, tumors show high tumor uptake of cerium-134. At left, a comparison of cerium-134 and actinium-225 shows a similar pattern of uptake in most tissues (note the tumor tissue on the leg).](/sites/default/files/styles/center_news_homepage/public/2023-10/IP-2023-08-a%20%281%29.jpg?h=f73afe43&itok=Y6n5kQw_)
Transforming Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment with Cerium/Lanthanum-134
![Image courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory Depiction of a titanium-44/scandium-44 generator. The generator consists of a hydroxamate-based resin undergoing scandium-44 elution with hydrochloric acid.](/sites/default/files/styles/center_news_homepage/public/2023-08/IP-2023-07-b.jpg?h=b1c5f207&itok=pn1KCM9H)
Scientists Identify an Alternative System for Producing the Medical Isotope Scandium-44
![This image depicts a binding molecule delivering radium-223 to a cancer cell. Image courtesy of Adam Malin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/center_news_homepage/public/2023-10/ip-2023-07-c_original.jpeg?h=7b5638e7&itok=xVNRjuT4)