09/11/2024
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No.5768
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>Nuclear medicine shortage will lead to deathsLives will be lost because of a shortage of specialist medicine used to detect diseases such as breast and bowel cancer.That is the stark warning from experts who have said the lack of medical radioactive isotopes available in the UK means delays in tests to diagnose cancer.It has also led to renewed calls for the UK to develop its own manufacturing facility, rather than rely on imports of nuclear medicines.It follows a proposal to build a new £400m medical laboratory at the site of a former nuclear plant in north Wales.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lx1821pjo