Published May 2014 | Version v1
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Active Radiation Level Measurement on New Laboratory Instrument for Evaluating the Antibacterial Activity of Radioisotope

  • 1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

A disc method has been widely used to measure the antibacterial effect of chemical agents. However, it is difficult to measure the antibacterial effect of radioisotopes using a disc method. A disc method is a method for diffusing a drug by placing the drug containing disc on the medium. In this method, radioisotopes are diffused on the medium and it is difficult to measure the exact effect by radiation. Thus, new laboratory equipment needs to evaluate the antibacterial activity by the radioisotopes. In this study, we measured the radiation level of radioisotopes on a new laboratory instrument using a MCNP. A disc method has been widely used to measure the antibacterial effect of chemical agents. This method uses a drug diffusion system for the measurement of anti-bacterial antibiotics. To measure the antimicrobial activity of a radioisotope, a new type of laboratory instrument is necessary to prevent the drug from spreading. The radioisotopes are used to diagnose and treat cancer. However, studies for anti-biotical use have not progressed. The radiation of radioisotopes has the effect of killing bacteria. Before this study proceeds further, it is necessary to be able to measure the antimicrobial activity of the radioisotope easily in the laboratory. However, in this study, it was possible to measure the antimicrobial activity of the radioisotope in the laboratory using a new laboratory instrument. We intend to start evaluation studies of the antibacterial activity of specific radioisotopes. In addition, it will be possible to develop research to overcome diseases caused by bacteria in the future

Part of:
Proceedings of the KNS 2014 spring meeting

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
KNS
Imprint Place
Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the KNS 2014 spring meeting
Imprint Pagination
[1 CD-ROM]
Journal Page Range
[2 p.]

Conference

Title
2014 spring meeting of the KNS
Dates
28-30 May 2014
Place
Jeju (Korea, Republic of)

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
46050649
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BACTERIA; DRUGS; EQUIPMENT; NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES
Descriptors DEC
DISEASES; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS

Optional Information

Notes
7 refs, 1 fig