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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Drug To Reduce Radiation Induced Cancer
It's in the class of drugs called synthetic triterpenoids, and it seems to reduce cancer induction in mice exposed to radiation. It's interesting that mice with fractionated doses had a higher risk of cancer, than those receiving the same dose at one time. That is the opposite of what would be expected, but there is no elaboration on that issue.
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