Fallout from nuclear bomb testing presaged today’s radioactive tracers
Excerpt from the February 20, 1965 issue of Science News Letter
NUCLEAR BRAIN In 1965, researchers developed a way to track radioactive carbon in the body. Today, positron emission tomography (PET) scans work by the same method to diagnose diseases.
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Carbon tra
ces changes — Fallout from nuclear bomb tests is allowing University of California at Los Angeles scientists to develop a new method for tracing vital chemical and physical changes in the human body.