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Active actinium

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Naturally scarce but synthetically accessible, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde and Rebecca J. Abergel discuss element 89 and its emergence as a candidate radio-theranostic metal for cancer treatment.

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  1. Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde and Rebecca J. Abergel are in the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 70A-1150, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA,

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Deblonde, GP., Abergel, R. Active actinium. Nature Chem 8, 1084 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2653

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