Amid terror threats, new hope for radiation antidote
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 08:40
in Health & Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified promising drugs that could lead to the first antidote for radiation exposure that might result from a dirty bomb terror attack or a nuclear accident such as Chernobyl. Some of the compounds, including the drug rapamycin, have previously been shown to extend life in organisms such […]