Acute exposure to ionizing radiation can cause lethality via severe damage to the hematopoietic system. A new study shows that infusion of the anticoagulants thrombomodulin or activated protein C reduces radiation toxicities and improves survival (pages 1123–1129).
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Chute, J. To survive radiation injury, remember your aPCs. Nat Med 18, 1013–1014 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2859
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