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MICE can be protected from the effects of whole-body irradiation by a variety of different ways. Sulphydryl compounds given immediately before1,2, hypoxia induced during3, or infusion of syngeneic bone marrow given after4 irradiation all afford major degrees of protection. If each of these agents acted by an independent mechanism, then the LD50/30 days dose might be expected to be increased by as much as six to eight fold when all were used together. We now report the results of combining these factors.
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SHEWELL, J., WRIGHT, E., BEWLEY, D. et al. Maximum Protection of Mice against 8-MeV Electron Irradiation. Nature 197, 91 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197091a0
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