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Jan. 26, 2021

MU Research Reactor to supply radioisotope for targeted cancer therapy

MURR® has entered into an exclusive agreement to provide no-carrier-added lutetium-177 to Advanced Accelerator Applications, SA (AAA), a Novartis company.

Sep. 29, 2020

Researchers are exploring theranostic pairs for cancer diagnosis and treatment

Researchers at MU, MURR, and the Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital have published a new study evaluating the radioisotopes technetium and rhenium as theranostic agents for diagnosing and treating certain cancers.

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July 21, 2020

Plants have a memory!

Researchers at MURR are using radioisotopes to examine how plants receive, store, and act on information from their environment.

Brandi MacDonald

July 8, 2020

MURR researcher is lead author on study of oldest known red ochre mine in the Americas

Brandi MacDonald, an assistant research professor at the University of Missouri Research Reactor’s Archaeometry Laboratory, led the first study of the oldest known red ochre mine in the Americas.

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June 23, 2020

MURR featured in NextGen Precision Health Institute video

MURR is featured in Mizzou's exciting NextGen Precision Health Institute video

May 11, 2020

MURR Researchers Measure Microbial Assimilation of Plant-Borne Carbon

MURR researchers are now able to measure microbial assimilation of plant-borne carbon allowing them to identify conditions that promote optimal plant-microbe symbioses.

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Feb. 4, 2020

New study demonstrates efficacy of boron imaging agent in maize

Researchers at MURR and MU have demonstrated the efficacy of 18F-phenylboronic acid radiotracer for imaging boron, an essential plant macronutrient, in maize.

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Dec. 20, 2019

New Study Finds No Link Between Methylmercury Exposure and Cancer Development

Dr. John Brockman, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR®), is a co-author of a new study that suggests methylmercury exposure is not linked to development of gliomas.

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Nov. 19, 2019

Rock On

Scientists led by Brandi MacDonald are using archaeological science to understand how ochre paint was created by hunter-gatherers in North America. MacDonald is an assistant research professor in the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) who also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Science.

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Sep. 25, 2019

Inside Mizzou: Translational Research and Precision Health

Chancellor Alexander Cartwright speaks with MURR's Jakob Baumeister in this week's Inside Mizzou podcast.