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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is an extremely sensitive nuclear physics technique developed in the mid-70's for radiocarbon dating of historical artefacts. The technique centres round the use of a tandem Van de Graaff accelerator to generate the potential energy to permit separation of elemental isotopes at the single atom level. AMS was first used in the early 90's for the analysis of biological samples containing enriched 14C for toxicology and cancer research. Since that time biomedical AMS has been used in the study of (1) metabolism of xenobiotics in animals and humans (2) pathways of drug metabolism (3) biomarkers (4) metabolism of endogenous molecules including vitamins (5) DNA and protein binding studies and (6) clinical diagnosis. A new drug development concept which relies on the ultrasensitivity of AMS known as human microdosing (Phase 0) is being used to obtain early human metabolism information of candidate drugs arising out of discovery. These various aspects of AMS are reviewed in this article and a perspective on future applications of AMS provided.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1618-2642
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
378
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
356-64
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Current perspectives of 14C-isotope measurement in biomedical accelerator mass spectrometry.
pubmed:affiliation
Xceleron Ltd, York Biocentre, Innovation Way, York, YO10 5NY, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article