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7 May 2020
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Professor Erik Arstad, the Director of the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Centre for Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, said 鈥淭he team at the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Centre for Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry is delighted to provide [18F]MK-6240 to our clinical collaborators at the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Dementia Research Centre and the wider biomedical research community in the UK. As the best-in-class imaging biomarker for neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the brain, [18F]MK-6240 will facilitate UK led research into the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease.鈥