Researchers in the radiation oncology department at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have received a $14 million grant to develop countermeasures to help treat damage caused by radiological or nuclear threats, such as a dirty bomb attack.
The grant, awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is a renewal of a five-year, $14 million grant first awarded to UCLA in 2005. The grant is part of a major research effort to develop medical products to diagnose, prevent, and treat short- and long-term consequences of radiation exposure after a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack.
UCLA is one of seven U.S. institutions nationwide participating in the initiative. So far, more than $105 million have been awarded to the Centers for Countermeasures Against Radiation program.
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