Advanced nuclear medicine finds its place in South Africa

Advanced, high-level science in South Africa finds its place in nuclear medicine. This is reported by Pretoria News, a partner of TV BRICS.

According to the source, this technology could have saved the lives of many people in the past.

Experts suggest that this science is ready to open up ways that can change the course of development in the country and the African continent.

The source claims that higher education institutions interested in new developments have collaborated with the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, North-West University, Stellenbosch University, Wits University, the government of Gauteng, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as with prominent South African scientists Lehlohonolo Majake and Kgomotso Mathabe.

According to the source, research by South African scientists in the field of targeted alpha therapy for the treatment of cancer allowed the first human studies to be conducted in order to cure their diseases.

In addition, scientific advances in this field have played an important role in increasing the availability and cost-effectiveness of radiopharmaceutical therapy worldwide.

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