Discover how EU scientists develop test methods and guidelines to protect our food from chemicals that could be transferred from the materials they come in contact with.
Alpha Therapy: nuclear waste gives precious lifetime to cancer patients
Nuclear waste helps cancer patients. You find it hard to believe? Discover Targeted Alpha Therapy in this video.
As an emerging treatment approach, complementary to classical therapies, Targeted Alpha Therapy improves quality of life and increases life expectancy for patients with certain types of cancer. We pioneered this promising treatment in our Karlsruhe laboratories, 30 years ago. Now it helps cancer patients all around Europe.
Find out more on our work on cancer.
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