Animal Models for Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure

Williams, Jacqueline P.; Brown, Stephen L.; Georges, George E; Hauer-Jensen, Martin; Hill, Richard P.; Huser, Amy K.; Kirsch, David G.; MacVittie, Thomas J; Mason, Kathy A; Medhora, Meetha M.; Moulder, John E.; Okunieff, Paul; Otterson, Mary F.; Robbins, Michael E; Smathers, James B., and McBride, William H.

Published by University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, New York, 2010

About this Item

Contains an Introduction, as well as information on the Immune System, Hematopoietic System: Animal Models for the Bone Marrow; Gastrointestinal Tract; Lung; Kidney; Other Factors Affecting Experimental Outcome; Conclusions; Acknowledgments, and References. Since their inception, the eight centers for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation (CMCRs), under the purview of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with National Cancer Institute involvement, has been identifying and developing mitigating agents that can be used to treat the civilian population after a radiological event. Given the necessity for a consensus on appropriate animal model use across the network to allow for comparative studies, investigators from each of the Centers of Medical Countermeasures against Radiation organized and met for an Animal Models Workshop. This report provides the workshop findings. fair (some highlighting and ink underlining and notations to text). Staplebound (1 staple at top left corner of cover; that corner is bent).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Models for Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure
• Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Edition: Presumed first printing thus.