Radiation protection (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Radiation protection

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC researchers Robert Gourdie, Claire Beard, and Spencer Marsh (from left) are part of a team that developed an experimental oral therapy designed to protect healthy tissues from radiation damage without reducing radiation’s effectiveness against cancer. The research was published in Cancer Letters. 

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