A lasting legacy: USask shines as a nuclear research hub

Nicknamed the “cancer bomb,” Dr. Harold Johns (PhD) and a team of then-graduate students that included the renowned Sylvia Fedoruk pioneered a cancer treatment using cobalt-60 radiation therapy.  

At a time when traditional cancer treatments were just starting to enter the realm of nuclear medicine, the cobalt-60 therapy was a gamechanger. A true breakthrough in nuclear technology and innovation, the cobalt-60 treatment spread quickly and is responsible for helping thousands of cancer patients around the world. Its ingenuity and originality also put USask’s research on the map.  

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