Background In recent years, studies have shown that exposure to environmental pollutants
(eg, radiation, heavy metal substances, air pollutants, organic pollutants) is a leading cause …

Background Epidemiological studies have indicated that exposure of the heart to doses of
ionizing radiation as low as 0.5 Gy increases the risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality with …

Nuclear radiation and radioactive fallouts resulting from a nuclear weapon detonation or
reactor accidents could result in injuries affecting multiple sensitive organs, defined as acute …

Exposure to acute, damaging radiation may occur through a variety of events from cancer
therapy and industrial accidents to terrorist attacks and military actions. Our understanding of …

Established in 2004, the Radiation and Nuclear Countermeasures Program (RNCP), within
the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health …

Rapid assessment of radiation signatures in noninvasive biofluids may aid in assigning
proper medical treatments for acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and delegating limited …

Future space missions will include a return to the Moon and long duration deep space
roundtrip missions to Mars. Leaving the protection that Low Earth Orbit provides will …

A large-scale nuclear event has the ability to inflict mass casualties requiring point-of-care
and laboratory-based diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to inform victim triage and …

The versatility of lipidomic applications has been increasingly recognized in environmental
toxicology in recent years. The unmatched diversity and ubiquitous nature of lipids makes …

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common form of cancer
worldwide. Radiotherapy, with or without surgery, represents the major approach to curative …