radioprotection

a naeeji radiology technology department, school of allied medical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran h mozdarani department of medical genetics, faculty of medical sciences, tarbiat modares university, tehran, iran a shabestani monfared cellular & molecular biology research center, medical physics department, babol university of medical sciences, babol, iran f faeghi radiology technology department, school of allied medical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran a a ahmadi north research center, pasteur institute of iran, amol, iran m gholami north research center, pasteur institute of iran, amol, iran

background: in many studies, chemicals and natural materials were tested to reduce the harmful effects of radiation. it is known that famotidine and vitamin c reduce dna damage. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the radioprotective effect of vitamin c, cimetidine and famotidine on gamma-radiation-induced damage on mouse bone marrow. methods: six-to-seven week male nmri mice (28 ...

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Hibernation for space travel: Impact on radioprotection.

Journal: :Life sciences in space research 2016

Matteo Cerri Walter Tinganelli Matteo Negrini Alexander Helm Emanuele Scifoni Francesco Tommasino Maximiliano Sioli Antonio Zoccoli Marco Durante

Hibernation is a state of reduced metabolic activity used by some animals to survive in harsh environmental conditions. The idea of exploiting hibernation for space exploration has been proposed many years ago, but in recent years it is becoming more realistic, thanks to the introduction of specific methods to induce hibernation-like conditions (synthetic torpor) in non-hibernating animals. In ...

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