Expression of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene in tumor cells may provide a novel mechanism for treating cancer. The NIS mediates the normal physiological transport of iodide across the ...

But one of the most dangerous materials that could come out of the reactor is iodine-131. Iodine has a relatively short half-life of about a week, but it can do a lot of damage in that time.

Letter Published: 30 April 1955 Concentration of Iodine-131 across the Placenta of the Guinea Pig and the Rabbit J. LOGOTHETOPOULOS & R. F. SCOTT Nature 175, 775–776 (1955) Cite this article ...