Lee Bernstein
Lee Bernstein is a Professor in the Nuclear Data Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley.
Project Description
Fighting Cancer with the Nuclear Option: Actinium-225
Actinium-225 is a potent radionuclide which shows great promise for the treatment of many forms of metastatic cancer, but current approaches for its production are fundamentally flawed producing either a contaminated material or being unable to scale up to the level needed to meet anticipated clinical demands. Their team has developed the only method that can produce a scalable, pure source of actinium needed to meet the international demand for this life-saving material. They have developed a way to take advantage of already-existing medical accelerators around the world to form the robust production network. With their unique combination of methodology and expertise, they are poised to transfer Berkeley-born technology from academia to the market to finally meet the global need for Actinium-225, saving lives in the process.