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Two drugs to treat lethal radiation exposure

This is very useful information, by treating mice after a nuclear attack they will glow in the dark 40% longer when hung up by their tails in the bunker saving on light sticks. May I suggest that some more research is carried out with rats as the body to weight ratio is larger giving out a greater amount of light.
Could also have uses in humans after tests are carried out with them, the light being used with solar cells to charge batteries. If happen to be in a bunker at the time of an attack, with the correct chemicals and equipment I will do the required tests and seal my results in a lead lined container to be retrieved after the radiation levels go down so that they can be helpful in the next war 2-300 years on.
You may have come to the correct assumption that it is quiet here today.

We should be careful before using such agents on people undergoing radiation therapy for cancer. The same protective effect for normal cells might also apply to the tumor itself.

Being developed for the military.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/03/16/ex-rad-militarys-radiation-wonder-drug/

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