Calif. Scientists Create New Radiation Treatment
The U.S. Energy Department's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California on Tuesday said researchers are at work on an enhanced treatment for victims of a mass radiation incidents such as a nuclear strike or a radiological "dirty bomb" attack (see GSN, Jan. 6).At present, the only available medical treatment for decontaminating victims of radiation incidents involves the injection into a vein of a chemical compound that does not have the ability to completely rid the body of poisonous actinide contaminants such as lawrencium and actinium, according to a laboratory press release.
The new treatment under development at the institution can be taken as a pill, allowing for streamlined administration of the countermeasure following a large-scale nuclear incident.
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