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Pilot Evaluation of S-(3-[18F]Fluoropropyl)-d-Homocysteine and O-(2-[18F]Fluoroethyl)-d-Tyrosine as Bacteria-Specific Radiotracers for PET Imaging of Infection (2024)
Journal Article
Betts, H. M., Luckett, J. C., & Hill, P. J. (2024). Pilot Evaluation of S-(3-[18F]Fluoropropyl)-d-Homocysteine and O-(2-[18F]Fluoroethyl)-d-Tyrosine as Bacteria-Specific Radiotracers for PET Imaging of Infection. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 26, 704-713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-024-01929-7

Purpose There is currently no ideal radiotracer for imaging bacterial infections. Radiolabelled d-amino acids are promising candidates because they are actively incorporated into the peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall, a structural feature whic... Read More about Pilot Evaluation of S-(3-[18F]Fluoropropyl)-d-Homocysteine and O-(2-[18F]Fluoroethyl)-d-Tyrosine as Bacteria-Specific Radiotracers for PET Imaging of Infection.

Hypoxia imaging with [18F]HX4 PET in squamous cell head and neck cancer: a pilot study for integration into treatment planning (2018)
Journal Article
Betts, H. M., O'Connor, R. A., Christian, J. A., Vinayakamoorthy, V., Foweraker, K., Pascoe, A. C., & Perkins, A. C. (2019). Hypoxia imaging with [18F]HX4 PET in squamous cell head and neck cancer: a pilot study for integration into treatment planning. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 40(1), 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000933

Background: Radical chemoradiotherapy is the primary treatment for head and neck cancers in many hospitals. Tumour hypoxia causes radiotherapy resistance, and is an indicator of poor prognosis for patients. Identifying hypoxia to select patients for... Read More about Hypoxia imaging with [18F]HX4 PET in squamous cell head and neck cancer: a pilot study for integration into treatment planning.

A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use (2018)
Journal Article
Belfield, K., Betts, H., Parkinson, R., & Bayston, R. (2018). A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 38(1), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23858

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: We have developed a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter (AUC) impregnated with rifampicin, triclosan, and sparfloxacin and demonstrated that it has long-term (∼84 days) protection against bacterial colonization i... Read More about A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use.

Synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and radiolabeling of fluorinated puromycin analogues: potential candidates for PET imaging of protein synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Betts, H. M., Sephton, S. M., Tong, C., Awais, R., Hill, P. J., Perkins, A. C., & Aigbirhio, F. I. (2016). Synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and radiolabeling of fluorinated puromycin analogues: potential candidates for PET imaging of protein synthesis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59(20), 9422-9430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00968

There is currently no ideal radiotracer for imaging protein synthesis rate (PSR) by positron emission tomography (PET). Existing fluorine-18 labelled amino acid-based radiotracers predominantly visualize amino acid transporter processes, and in many... Read More about Synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and radiolabeling of fluorinated puromycin analogues: potential candidates for PET imaging of protein synthesis.