Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Author "Daher, Pamela"

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Diagnosis of Partial Body Radiation Exposure in Mice Using Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Profiles

Meadows, Sarah K.; Daher, Pamela; Himburg, Heather; Russell, J. Lauren; Doan, Dr Phuong; Chao, Nelson; Chute, Dr John (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2010)

In the event of a terrorist-mediated attack in the United States using radiological or improvised nuclear weapons, it is expected that hundreds of thousands of people could be exposed to life-threatening levels of ionizing ...
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. ...