Article: RADIATION SICKNESS DRUG DEVELOPED.(News)

Article: Radiation Sickness Drug Developed; Military Health ...
The Washington Post;  May 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... dirty bombs." The drug being developed by Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc. of San Diego appears to offer significant protection from radiation sickness, which would kill many more people in nuclear attacks than the initial blast, military ...

Article: TORTOISE BLOOD FIGHTS RADIATION SICKNESS
United Press International;  May 6, 2002 ;     672 words ... ... 00-0000 Tortoise blood fights radiation sickness May 06, 2002 (United Press International ... Asian tortoises can be used to treat radiation sickness, Uzbek scientists told United Press ... irradiated test animals of the effects of radiation sickness, Vitali Alexandrov, senior ...

Encyclopedia entry: radiation sickness
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      660 words ...radiation sickness harmful effect produced on body ... nodes) are extremely sensitive. Radiation sickness may occur from exposure to a single ... that can lead to skin cancer . Radiation sickness may be fairly mild and transitory ...

Article: Tortoise blood fights radiation sickness.
United Press International;  May 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Asian tortoises can be used to treat radiation sickness, Uzbek scientists told United Press ... irradiated test animals of the effects of radiation sickness, Vitali Alexandrov, senior scientist ... from Testudo horsfieldi to treat radiation sickness. Called Tortesin and TAU-Tortesin ...

Article: RADIATION SICKNESS CASE FOUND IN IRAQ
United Press International;  November 25, 2003 ;     307 words ... ... Press International 11-25-2003 Radiation sickness case found in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov ... New York Times reports a case of radiation sickness in Iraq has triggered an investigation ... villager, and possibly a boy, have radiation sickness. U.S. officials fear more cases ...

Article: Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers Promise in Treatment for ...
Business Wire;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... threatening conditions -- including radiation sickness, a real and growing peril in a post ... transplantation is as a close to a cure for radiation sickness as society has. Cells for this kind ... can one's own stem cells treat radiation sickness, the evidence indicates that they ...

Transcript: Analysis: New drug may be effective in treating ...
NPR Morning Edition;  October 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... drug may be effective in treating radiation sickness Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time: 11 ... athletes may be effective in treating radiation sickness. The drug company studying the compound ... blast, but a large number died from radiation sickness. Dwight Stickney, a radiation oncologist ...