Photo Gallery Radioactive Innovation
Dirty bombs are one of the biggest threats to the world's urban populations. Now an American molecular biologist has developed a drug that may protect against the effects of radioactivity. Military officials are thrilled, and the discovereres could make billions.
The explosion of an atomic bomb in 1971. The new medication CBLB502 is meant to protect cells that have been subjected to radiation from destroying themselves.
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An atomic explosion during a tactical training exercises at a US Marines base in 1952. The new substance could be of great use to militaries around the world.
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