This chapter explores the early experiments with rabbits and isotope I-128, leading to the development of radioiodine therapy for thyroid issues. It discusses the collaboration between Hertz's Boston Group and scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, marking a pivotal moment in the history of nuclear medicine.
This 2019 episode examines thyroid disease through history, and the physics lecture heard by Saul Hertz in the 1930s that changed the treatment of hyperthyroidism forever.
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