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ReviewNpj imaging2025

Copper-mediated radiochemistry: historical impact, current trends, and future possibilities.

Gregory D Bowden, Marius Müller, Matthias M Herth, Melanie S Sanford, Peter J H Scott

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Review in Npj imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gregory D BowdenDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1301 Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Marius MüllerDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1301 Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Matthias M HerthDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Melanie S SanfordDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Peter J H ScottDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1301 Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern approaches to copper-mediated radiolabeling have proven an important addition to the radiochemical toolbox. Radiopharmaceuticals prepared using this methodology have been translated from preclinical PET studies into clinical trials, and it has been adapted for radionuclides beyond fluorine-18, enabling theranostic applications. The methodology is also beginning to benefit from AI-assisted radiochemistry development. This perspective discusses the history, state-of-the-art, and potential future impact of copper-mediated radiochemistry on radiopharmaceutical development.

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ChemistryMolecular imagingPositron-emission tomographyRadionuclide imaging

Identifiers

PMID40510251
PMCPMC12151854

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