Browsing Duke Faculty Scholarship by Duke-affiliated Author "Gesty-Palmer, Diane"

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Growth Hormone Mitigates against Lethal Irradiation and Enhances Hematologic and Immune Recovery in Mice and Nonhuman Primates

Chen, Benny; Deoliveira, Divino; Spasojevic, Ivan; Sempowski, Gregory; Wang, Xiaojuan; Gesty-Palmer, Diane; Meadows, Sarah K.; Daher, Pamela; Muramoto, Garrett; Chute, Dr John; Chao, Nelson (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2010)

Medications that can mitigate against radiation injury are limited. In this study, we investigated the ability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) to mitigate against radiation injury in mice and nonhuman primates. ...