Re: Diet to counter acute radiation dose?

[John Pickering <johnjp@email.sjsu.edu>]

One of our researchers will be publishing a paper on the effects of a
specific drug dealing with the effective protector of hemopoietic bone
marrow and lymphoid stem cells during raidaion therapy.  The paper wil be
"The Effect of N-Tert-Butyl-Phenylnitrone (PBN) on Leukocytes and Survival
in Irradiated Mice".  I believe the paper will be presented in "Radiation
Research" an Internaltional Journal.  I have a copy of the proposed abstract
if you need a copy, contact me or Dr. Adrian Rodriguez at San Jose State
University.  Dr. Rodriguez is one of the writers and his phone number is
(408) 924-4846.  I am just the lowly RSO with key control to the irradiator.
My phone number is (408) 924-4818.

John Pickering
Radiation Safety Officer, San Jose State University

At 02:34 PM 1/21/98 -0600, you wrote:
>The major problem with most free radical scavengers for 
>radiation protection is chemical toxicity.  The dose 
>required to produce the desired radioprotective effect is 
>greater than the minimum for toxic effects.  The drug also 
>must be present in the tissues at the time of exposure.  A 
>few microseconds later is too late.
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