Compound helps increase survival after radiation exposure

Although very high levels of radiation exposure, if a special compound is injected into the bloodstream, the survivability will increase threefold.

The group of scientists from the Institute of Industrial Engineering Research in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Eastern Japan, developed this kind of miraculous feature after acknowledging the successful results. mouse.

This new compound is a protein called FGFC and is tested on mice exposed to high levels of radiation, equivalent to 6,000 miliSievert (mSv).

The study results showed that the group of mice that received FGFC injection in the abdomen two hours after exposure to radiation had a 3-day survival rate of 3 times higher than the group that did not receive FGFC.

When exposed to high levels of radiation above 1,000mSv, the host body will show radioactive shock, peeling and stem cell necrosis in the intestinal mucosa, loss of cell regeneration and risk high death.

However, when injecting FGFC into the body, it is capable of stimulating cell proliferation in the host, preventing the destruction of stem cells and helping to restore the damaged mucous-damaged mucosa.

The research team is expected to announce its findings with Tohoku University's Japan Research Institute for Radiological Effects from September 6.