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The capsules could be used to carry the anticancer drug doxorubicin. (PDPics/Pixabay)
Researchers have claimed “a major step forward” in the development of radio-labeled, microcapsule drug delivery systems. The microcapsules are designed to address shortcomings of existing delivery systems such as low drug loading capacities.
Adding ligands that bind radionuclides to delivery vehicles enables physicians to detect drug carriers in the human body using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The approach could equip physicians to tell if a drug delivery vehicle has reached its target organ and spread throughout the tissue. Advocates of the model see it as a way to make treatment more efficient and cost-effective.
Suzanne E. Lapi: Then and now / 2011 Early Career Award winner
Suzanne Lapi heads a research group focused on the radiochemistry and development of production techniques of isotopes for medical imaging and therapy
DOE/US Department of Energy
2011 Early Career Award Winner Suzanne Lapi
WHAT DID THE 2011 EARLY CAREER AWARD ALLOW YOU TO DO?
The Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award (ECA) jump-started my career as an independent faculty member at the Washington University in St. Louis and the path to my current position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The ECA project “Production of
99mTc using a medical cyclotron” enabled me to get started with solid targets for the accelerator production of radioisotopes. It also helped me expand my group with the addition of a new postdoctoral fellow and gain visibility in the radioisotope community via our presentations and publications. The data and knowledge gained through this project paved the way for a