The research appears in the Journal of Controlled Release. Japan became the first country to approve boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a type of targeted radiotherapy for cancer, in 2020.

Traditionally, boron neutron capture therapies (BNCT) have relied on the incorporation of boronophenylalanine in tumor cells due to their higher amino acid uptake rates compared with non-tumor cells.

Boron neutron capture therapy is being used in Japan to target and treat head and neck tumours. Many other countries are now building facilities. In 2020, Japan became the first country to approve ...

the increased importance of high neutron energies, the increased use of boron neutron capture therapy, promising new developments in detector design, new measured workplace spectra and improved ...

Only in-vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA) provides non-destructive testing of total body levels of the major body elements: calcium, sodium, chlorine, phosphorus, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, ...

These are known as Z-type ligands, and they can accept electrons from a metal. However, boron, the smallest element in group 13, has only been shown to do this with the support of additional ...