Irradiation: Making Produce Healthy and Safe

Gamma Irradiation for Fresh Produce

Optimization of Natural Rhenium Irradiation Time to Produce Compositional Radiopharmaceutical

Introduction: Previously, 186Re and 188Re radioisotopes have been produced through appropriate activities, and each of them has been used for therapeutic applications. The 186Re and 188Re have unique properties, which make them proper for the treatment of  tumors in different sizes. The long-range 188Re, is suitabl...

Making green jobs safe.

Can a job be " Green " if it is not safe? Unfortunately, the current answer is yes. The United Nations Environment Program defines a green job as work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development, administrative, and service activities that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality 1). The US Bureau of Labor Statistics proposes to define green jobs as...

Making autoantibodies safe.

T he human immune system is extraordinarily good at generating antibodies to recognize an almost infinite range of antigens. Antibodies to antigens found on the cells and tissues of the host are repressed by tolerance mechanisms in health, but in autoimmune diseases they can become prominent. Although there is debate in a number of instances about whether autoantibodies are a cause or effect of...

Making Plasma Safe for Transfusion

I. Tncoitipatible plasma A disaster in blood transfusion, occurring with dramatic suddenness, when an error in grouping blood has been made, is due to lysis and/or agglutination of the donor's corpuscles in e recipient's body. The donor's plasma, however, is not without effect. If it has not been made ^effective by dilution with the recipients plasma it will lyse and/or agglutinate the recipien...