Melanin-Covered Nanoparticles for Protection of Bone Marrow During Radiation Therapy of Cancer

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8231619	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2010	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

MNs or similar structures provide a novel approach to protection of bone marrow from ionizing radiation based on prevention of free radical formation by melanin.

Keywords

Radioimmunotherapy Radiation protection bone marrow melanin Nanoparticles

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Melanin-Covered Nanoparticles for Protection of Bone Marrow During Radiation Therapy of Cancer

Authors

Andrew D. M.D., Ekaterina Ph.D., Peter B.Sc., Valeria M.D., Matthew Friedman, Joshua D. M.D., Sean Ph.D., Susana Ph.D., Arturo M.D., Ph.D., Ekaterina Ph.D.,