Wanted: Medical Isotopes

Several new programs are aimed at bridging the gap between the demand for unusual radioisotopes in medical research and the supply.

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Martin Brechbiel
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Building 10, Room B3B69
Bethesda, MD 20892-1002

Roy Brown
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Nuclear Medicine/Oncology
675 McDonnell Boulevard
P.O. Box 5840
St. Louis, MO 63134

Alan R. Fritzberg
NeoRx Corporation
410 West Harrison
Seattle, WA 98119

Richard A. Holmes
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Nuclear Medicine/Oncology
675 McDonnell Boulevard
P.O. Box 5840
St. Louis, MO 63134

Carol S. Marcus
Los Angeles, CA
E-mail: csmarcus@ucla.edu

Richard C. Reba
University of Chicago Hospital
Department of Radiology
5841 South Maryland Avenue
Mailstop Code 2026
Chicago, IL 60637

Robert E. Schenter
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Isotope Program Office
P.O. Box 999, MSIN P7-52
Richland, WA 99352

Carl W. Seidel
International Isotopes, Inc.
3100 Jim Christal Road
Denton, TX 76207
Web site: http://www.intiso.com

Michael J. Welch
Washington University Medical Center
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, Box 8225
St. Louis, MO 63110

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 17, October 23, 1999, p. 264. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.