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The TRIUMF facility and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories have formed a strategic partnership around the commercial production of actinium-225. [11] The low supply of 225 Ac limits its use in research and cancer treatment. It is estimated that the current supply of 225 Ac only allows about a thousand cancer treatments per year. [7] [12]
Some α emitting isotopes such as 225 Ac and 213 Bi are only available in limited quantities from 229 Th decay, although cyclotron production is feasible. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Among alpha-emitting radiometals according to availability, chelation chemistry, and half-life, 212 Pb is also a promising candidate for targeted alpha-therapy.
As a result, after the cancer cells were quickly killed by alpha particles from 225 Ac, the radiation from the actinium and its daughters might induce new mutations. To solve this problem, 225 Ac was bound to a chelating agent, such as citrate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This reduced ...
Fusion Pharmaceuticals uses a chemical element which helps target and kill cancer cells while minimising damage to surrounding healthy cells. AstraZeneca buys Canadian cancer treatment firm for ...
This is made by the alpha decay of actinium-225. The generation of one short-lived isotope from longer lived isotope is a useful method of providing a portable supply of a short-lived isotope. This is similar to the generation of technetium-99m by a technetium generator. The actinium-225 is made by the irradiation of radium-226 with a cyclotron ...
Currently, treatments using alpha-emitters exist which consist of alpha emitters attached to carrier molecules. [22] Some examples of alpha-emitting radioligands include actinium-225, Ra-223-chloride, and Lead-212.36 Schematic illustrating the differences in path length and intensity of alpha, beta, gamma, and x-rays
A set of radioimmunotherapy drugs that rely upon an alpha-emitting isotope (e.g., bismuth-213 or, preferably, actinium-225), rather than a beta emitter, as the killing source of radiation is being developed. Several phase II clinical trials for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia have been carried out using alpha-emitting RITs. [10] [11]
228 Ac and 225 Ac are extremely rare, so almost all natural actinium is 227 Ac. The most stable isotopes are 227 Ac with a half-life of 21.772 years, 225 Ac with a half-life of 10.0 days, and 226 Ac with a half-life of 29.37 hours. All other isotopes have half-lives under 10 hours, and most under a minute.