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Title: Method to directly radiolabel antibodies for diagnostic imaging and therapy

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5026117

This patent describes a method for directly labeling proteins with radionuclides for use in diagnostic imaging and therapy. It comprises: the steps of incubating a protein-containing solution with a solution of sodium ascorbate; adding a required quantity of reduced radionuclide to the incubated protein-containing solution and incubating.

Assignee:
Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5011676; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-499790
OSTI ID:
5026117
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 27 Mar 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English