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Radioactive Label
A substance containing a radioisotope that has an affinity for and binds to a chosen biologic substance of interest to enable quantification of biologic processes. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Elements which exhibit atomic emission due to natural or artificial nuclear transformation. These elements spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.
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