Abstract:Medical countermeasures are required to address the emerging radiological and nuclear threats. Radiation injury can result from exposure to external, penetrating radiation or internalized radionuclides. Countermeasures for internal contamination focus on decorporation and protecting the primary site of activity. No countermeasures are currently approved for the acute radiation syndrome that results from external exposures, but significant efforts are ongoing to develop new agents to counter the cascade of dama… Show more
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