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Chelator-impregnated resins have been studied earlier for the chemical separation of elements in aqueous solutions, but issues with their chemical stability have limited their use in the separation of (medical) radionuclides from their respective irradiated targets. We developed ...
Separating medical radionuclides from their targets is one of the most critical steps in radiopharmaceutical production. Among many separation methods, solvent extraction has a lot of potential due to its simplicity, high selectivity, and high efficiency. Especially with the rise ...
Background: The radionuclide Ga-68 is commonly used in nuclear medicine, specifically in positron emission tomography (PET). Recently, the interest in producing Ga-68 by cyclotron irradiation of [68Zn]Zn nitrate liquid targets is increasing. However, current purificati ...
Scandium-47 (47Sc) can be used in nuclear medicine as a therapeutic-diagnostic, or “theragnostic,” radioactive medical isotope for cancer detection and treatment. The 47Sc isotope can be produced through the photonuclear reaction 48Ti(γ,p)47< ...

The Role of Iron in Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Human Disease

A Metal Tug of War at the Host—Microbe Interface

Iron deficiency anemia can be treated with oral or intravenous Fe supplementation. Such supplementation has considerable effects on the human microbiome, and on opportunistic pathogenic micro-organisms. Molecular understanding of the control and regulation of Fe availability at t ...
In certain tumor and diseased tissues, reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as H2O2, are produced in higher concentrations than in healthy cells. Drug delivery and release systems that respond selectively to the presence of ROS, while maintaining their stabil ...
A variety of polymer micelles are designed for the delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to tumors. Although the promise of these nanocarriers is very high, in the clinic the effectivity is rather limited. Determining the in vivo fate of the micelles can greatly help to improve this ...
Polymersomes have the potential to be applied in targeted alpha radionuclide therapy, while in addition preventing release of recoiling daughter isotopes. In this study, we investigated the cellular uptake, post uptake processing and intracellular localization of polymersomes. Me ...
Background and purpose: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive subtype of malignant gliomas, with an average survival rate of 15 months after diagnosis. More than 90% of all GBMs have activating mutations in the MAPK/ERK pathway. Recently, we showed the allosteric M ...
The use of nanoparticles as tumor-targeting agents is steadily increasing, and the influence of nanoparticle characteristics such as size and stealthiness have been established for a large number of nanocarrier systems. However, not much is known about the impact of tumor presenc ...
Here we report on how metastable supramolecular gels can be formed through seeded self-assembly of multicomponent gelators. Hydrazone-based gelators decorated with non-ionic and anionic groups are formed in situ from hydrazide and aldehyde building blocks, and lead through multip ...

FLASH radiotherapy

Ultra-high dose rates to spare healthy tissue

A recent addition to the treatment options in external beam therapy, so-called FLASH radiotherapy, shows remarkable healthy-tissue-sparing properties in a number of pre-clinical studies without impacting the overall treatment efficacy. Its potential in clinical applications is at ...
The addition of nitrogen doped mesoporous carbon spheres (NMCSs) to Portland cement-based materials was studied as an approach to produce materials of desired properties. Lower electrical resistivity and higher compressive strength were recorded in the presence of NMCSs, while th ...
Increasing attention is given to personalized tumour therapy, where α-emitters can potentially play an important role. Alpha particles are ideal for localized cell killing because of their high linear energy transfer and short ranges. However, upon the emission of an α particle t ...
Alpha emitters have great potential in targeted tumour therapy, especially in destroying micrometastases, due to their high linear energy transfer (LET). To prevent toxicity caused by recoiled daughter atoms in healthy tissue, alpha emitters like 225Ac can be encapsula ...
In radionuclide therapy, radioisotopes are used to irradiate tumours from within the body. Usually beta-emitters coupled to tumour-targeting molecules are used, which specifically accumulate at the tumour site. Instead of using beta-emitters, it is also possible to use radionucli ...
Photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) both utilize light to induce a therapeutic effect. These therapies are rapidly gaining importance due to the noninvasiveness of light and the limited adverse effect associated with these treatments. However, most preclinic ...
Alpha-emitting radionuclides like actinium-225 (225Ac) are ideal candidates for the treatment of small metastasised tumours, where the long half-life of 225Ac enables it to also reach less accessible tumours. The main challenge lies in retaining the recoiled ...
Vesicles composed of block copolymers (i.e., polymersomes) are one of the most versatile nano-carriers for medical purposes due to their tuneable physicochemical properties and the possibility to encapsulate simultaneously hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances, allowing, for ins ...
We present an approach which makes it possible to directly determine the bending modulus of single elongated block copolymer micelles. This is done by forming arrays of suspended micelles onto microfabricated substrates and by performing three-point bending flexural tests, using ...