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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Zeljko Vujaskovic, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Isabel L. Jackson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sudipta Seal, Oviedo, FL (US);
Soumen Das, Orlando, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
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.