Zeljko Vujaskovic,Isabel L. Jackson,Sudipta Seal,Soumen Das
申请号:
US14390517
公开号:
US09415065B2
申请日:
2013.03.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
Methods of mitigating the effects of radiation exposure or providing a radioprotective effect in a subject are provided herein. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to the subject to mitigate the effects of radiation exposure or to offer a radioprotective effect to the subject. The cerium oxide nanoparticles are suitably less than 20 nm in diameter and have over 50% of the cerium in the 3+ oxidation state.