updated Sat. April 6, 2024
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Gazettextra
February 19, 2018
NorthStar now produces moly-99 using a reactor at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center in Columbia, Missouri. ... In Missouri, NorthStar now uses a method of making moly-99 called “neutron capture,” a process that involves a nuclear reactor firing neutrons into a molybdenum-98 target toÃâà...
Physics Today (blog)
February 16, 2018
NorthStar's FDA approval is valid only for production at the University of Missouri's MURR research reactor; the company must obtain separate approvals for 99Mo produced in other reactors. Although the US consumes about half the world's 99Mo, the entirety of the nation's supply is obtained from a handfulÃâà...
lstribune
February 13, 2018
Swokronski grew up in Lee's Summit and was a 2010 graduate of Lee's Summit West High School and continued his education at the University of Missouri while also working at the MU Research Reactor. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the TIPS HOTLINE at 816-474-8477. Bookmark andÃâà...
Hannibal.net
February 13, 2018
The new drug, called Lutathera, is approved to treat some types of pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancers. For 15 years, scientists at the University of Missouri Research Reactor have been experimenting with the potentially healing properties of radioactive isotope lutetium-77. Now that hard work paid off.
Columbia Daily Tribune
February 10, 2018
For 15 years, scientists at the University of Missouri Research Reactor have been experimenting with the potentially healing properties of radioactive isotope lutetium-77. Now that hard work paid off. On Jan. 26, the FDA approved a promising cancer drug created from the isotope. “You can think of thisÃâà...
Xconomy
February 9, 2018
The isotope has previously been produced at a nuclear reactor in Ontario, Canada, though it will reportedly be shuttered later this year. Several ... test batches of molybdenum-99 at a reactor in Columbia, MO, as part of a collaboration between the company and the University of Missouri Research Reactor.
Madison.com
February 8, 2018
The company has been making molybdenum-99 for testing purposes at the University of Missouri Research Reactor in Columbia, Missouri, and that is where production is expected to continue. NorthStar will sell the molybdenum-99 and its RadioGenix equipment to nuclear pharmacies which will generateÃâà...
lstribune
February 8, 2018
Jacob Swokronski grew up in Lee's Summit, Missouri. and was a 2010 graduate of Lee's Summit West High School and continued his education at the University of Missouri while also working at the MU Research Reactor. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the TIPS HOTLINE at 816-474-8477.
Columbia Daily Tribune
February 7, 2018
Stewart told the crowd how he looks forward to visiting each county and University of Missouri Extension office — witnessing the diversity, natural beauty and ... He said that the radioactive isotopes from the University's nuclear reactor could “hold the key to curing cancer,” while advancements in swineÃâà...
