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DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

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Called a theranostic, the isotope Scandium-47 can provide cancer therapy and diagnostics of certain forms of cancer. Here, INL scientist Matt Snow prepares to turn a natural vanadium solution into the cancer-treating isotope.

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Chris Morgan, Idaho National Laboratory

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