Overview of Radionuclides

The radioactive particle is the effective part of the radiopharmaceutical, which can emit β- or α- beams to deliver radiation directly to the tumor cells. For a given chemical element, radionuclides have the same number of protons in each atom, but they have different numbers of neutrons. In theory, all chemical elements in nature can exist as radionuclides.

As the radionuclide is too small to be stable in patients, it can be chelated with antibodies, small molecules, and peptides to maintain stability. A myriad of radionuclides has been conjugated with ligand applied for clinical research. The radionuclide in RDC works as the cell-damaging tool and the diagnostic tool imaging by PET or SPECT. There are three types of radionuclides that are most commonly used in RDC.

Service

• Radionuclide Screening Service
• Radionuclide Synthesis Service