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Gamma ray probe approved

Neoprobe has FDA clearance to market its Neoprobe 1500 hand-held gamma ray detection probe in the US. The instrument, used in radio-immunoguided surgery, comes out of a collaboration between Neoprobe and US Surgical.

Neoprobe has FDA clearance to market its Neoprobe 1500 hand-held gamma ray detection probe in the US. The instrument, used in radio-immunoguided surgery, comes out of a collaboration between Neoprobe and US Surgical.

The probe can be deployed, in combination with radio-labelled drugs, to trace or map patients' lymph systems. It has been...

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