{"id":25410,"date":"2026-04-02T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.necsa.co.za\/?p=25410"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:43:58","slug":"sibanye-stillwater-and-necsa-target-next-gen-precision-cancer-therapies-with-rhodium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/sibanye-stillwater-and-necsa-target-next-gen-precision-cancer-therapies-with-rhodium\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibanye-Stillwater and Necsa target next-gen precision cancer therapies with rhodium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miningreview.com\/news\/sibanye-necsa-partner-to-advance-cancer-treatment-research\/\">Link to News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"attribution-and-updated_author-text__tITz2\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/iol.co.za\/authors\/siphelele-dludla\/\" aria-label=\"Siphelele Dludla\">Siphelele Dludla<\/a><\/span>|Published <time class=\"\" datetime=\"1775042192000\">2 April\u00a0<\/time><\/p>\n<p>South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater and the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) will collaborate to further research the radioactive rhodium-based palladium isotope, with the aim of applying it in cancer therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration brings together complementary strengths to advance research in nuclear medicine, while deepening South Africa\u2019s sovereign capability in radiopharmaceutical innovation,\u201d said Loyiso Tyabashe, group CEO of Necsa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision is not only to contribute to the next generation of precision cancer therapies, but also to strengthen the country\u2019s role as a globally respected centre of excellence in nuclear research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The radioactive isotope Palladium-103 is currently used in Brachytherapy to treat localised tumours, including prostate cancer, by delivering radiation directly to the affected area, thereby limiting exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodium is a platinum group metal (PGM) produced and refined by Sibanye-Stillwater at its South African operations.<\/p>\n<p>Under the first phase of the project, Necsa will test and verify that the rhodium meets radionuclide production standards and will conduct further chemical work, including the production of high- purity Palladium-103 (Pd-103), which could eventually be used in Targeted Radionuclide Therapy.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase of the project will see the parties collaborate on developing other nuclear medicine applications using rhodium and other PGMs produced by Sibanye-Stillwater.<\/p>\n<p>The healthcare sector already uses PGMs in a range of medical applications, including diagnostic imaging and medical devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to News Siphelele Dludla|Published 2 April\u00a0 South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater and the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) will collaborate to further research the radioactive rhodium-based palladium isotope, with the aim of applying it in cancer therapy. \u201cThis collaboration brings together complementary strengths to advance research in nuclear medicine, while deepening South Africa\u2019s sovereign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-necsa-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}