The Brief
- Actinide Inc., a Plano-based company, has created a particle accelerator that can produce Ytterbium-176, a material for cancer treatment.
- Drug maker Novartis uses Ytterbium-176 to create a targeted therapy that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells to destroy them from within.
- The company hopes to scale up its production of Ytterbium-176 from grams to kilograms, which would help end foreign reliance on the material.
PLANO, Texas – A Plano-based company has made a breakthrough in making materials in cancer treatment that help fight cancer cells from within the body.
Actinide Inc. and Ytterbium-176
Local perspective:
Actinide Inc. is a Plano-based company that produces Ytterbium-176, a material that can be used for cancer drugs and providing fuel for nuclear reactors.
Ytterbium-176 is made with the company’s particle accelerator, named Endurance, by turning metal into plasma and accelerating it to the speed of light through a magnet.…