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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of melanize.

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  • And once again, the melanized nanoparticles prevented radiation-induced bone-marrow damage: between the third and seventh day after the antibody-isotope radiation therapy was administered, mice injected with nanoparticles experienced a drop in white cells that was significantly less than occurred in mice not pre-treated with nanoparticles.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Ekarerina Dadachova, Ph. D., discusses her new research on melanized nanoparticles and how they protect bone marrow from the negative side effects of radiation therapy.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • She also noted that melanized nanoparticles might also have other applications, such as protecting workers charged with cleaning up nuclear accidents, protecting astronauts against radiation exposure in space, or even protecting people following a nuclear attack.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Following the second experiment, the melanoma tumors shrank significantly and to the same extent in both groups of mice - indicating that the melanized nanoparticles did not interfere with the radiation therapy's effectiveness.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Clinical trials testing whether melanized nanoparticles might protect cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy could begin in two to three years, Dr. Dadachova predicted.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • TYR), with ZnS Arctic species which display a white non-melanized winter coat or plumage include hares, grouse, wolves, mustelids, owls and foxes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

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