Use of biomarkers for assessing radiation injury and efficacy of countermeasures

Several candidate drugs for acute radiation syndrome (ARS) have been identified that have low toxicity and significant radioprotective and radiomitigative efficacy. Inasmuch as exposing healthy human volunteers to injurious levels of radiation is unethical, development and approval of new radiation...

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Main Authors: Singh, Vijay K, Newman, Victoria L, Romaine, Patricia LP, Hauer-Jensen, Martin, Pollard, Harvey B
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732464/