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Nanoscale radiosurgery

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Radionuclides encapsulated within carbohydrate-functionalized carbon nanotubes set new records for in vivo radiodosage, while demonstrating zero leakage of isotopes to high-affinity organs, such as the thyroid.

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Figure 2: Whole-body in vivo imaging at 7 days after intravenous administration.

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  1. Michael S. Strano is in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. strano@mit.edu,

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Strano, M. Nanoscale radiosurgery. Nature Mater 9, 467–468 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2776

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