“Then we also treat the cancer with radiation. So it’s a lot higher energies. It does more damage to the cells in the body ...

This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

If the concentration of lead is too low, the drugs would remove too much natural metal before putting a sizable dent in the ...

I n 1987, a terrible accident unfolded in Goiânia, Brazil, where a radioactive capsule had been abandoned. People later found ...

GAMMA RADIATION can penetrate skin and clothing easily. Several inches of a dense material, such as lead, or even a few feet ...

Paul Read, a 62-year-old engineer, was the first patient to undergo an experimental trial where radiation is injected ...