Cure For Radiation Sickness Found?

Posted by kdawson on Friday July 17, 2009 @01:38AM from the since-my-fallout-with-you dept.

Summit writes "A scientist has claimed to have discovered a radioprotectant that all but eliminates acute radiation sickness even in cases of lethal doses of radiation in tests on rats and monkeys, when injected up to 72 hours after exposure. They also claim the drug, a protein, has no observed negative effects in humans. They have not irradiated any people just yet, but if this turns out to be true, it could mean everything from curing cancer to making manned interplanetary space expeditions feasible... not to mention treatment for radiation exposures in nuclear/radiological accidents/attacks. If this drug works, it would mean a true breakthrough as past experiments with radioprotectants were not particularly promising in any respect." The only source for the story at this time is an exclusive in YNet News, a site with the subtitle "Israel At Your Fingertips." Such a radioprotectant would be huge news for Israel. Make of it what you will.

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Just In Time For : by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-17 01:46 · Score: 0, Flamebait

nuking Iran.
Why is Hilary Clinton upset with North Korea having nuclear weapons but is not upset with Israel having nuclear weapons?
Yours In Peace,
Kilgore Trout
Re:Why do Jews outperform Africans? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-17 02:29 · Score: -1, Flamebait

If your sole criteria for choosing a mate for offspring is based on IQ then in time Darwin will show you what he meant by "fittest". You're probably at the end of your bloodline already. Good luck surviving evolution.
Re:YNet isn't the only one who's picked it up.. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-17 03:12 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Troll? This is flamebait. Fucking retard /. mods. Go back to digg, fuckwads.

Oh and this is offtopic, in case your fucktarded brain doesn't get it right.