Sunshine in a bottle. The origins of using radiation as a modern cancer treatment w/ Aimee Slaughter
My Nuclear LifeJuly 04, 202300:39:53

Sunshine in a bottle. The origins of using radiation as a modern cancer treatment w/ Aimee Slaughter

(Episode 4) In this episode of My Nuclear Life, host Shelly Lesher interviews Aimee Slaughter. They discuss early radium therapy its journey from sideshow attraction to a staple in US hospitals before WWII. This marks the first-time physicists and chemists worked with physicians in hospitals and clinics to brings a treatment to the public with the hopes to cure cancer. The podcast addresses the different ways radium therapy has helped shape the modern technology in our hospitals today.