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In vivo tracking of single cells with PET

Positron emission tomography enables the tracking, in a mouse, of an intravenously injected cell radiolabelled with mesoporous silica nanoparticles containing 68Ga.

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Fig. 1: PET tracking of a single cell in vivo.

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van Dongen, G.A.M.S., Boellaard, R. & Vugts, D.J. In vivo tracking of single cells with PET. Nat Biomed Eng 4, 765–766 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-0598-6

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