Biographies – Becquerel
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Becquerel |
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Era: Modern Era |
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Lived: 1852 - 1908 |
Module: Medicine – Modern |
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Important in Medicine
because… · Working alongside Marie Curie, Antoine Henri Becquerel and she discovered the first radioactive isotopes. · These are used in diagnoses as tracers in radiotherapy and immunosuppression (these are drugs that stop bodies rejecting transplanted organs). |
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