University of Rochester Researchers Search for New Ways to Treat Radiation Exposure

by James Goodman - March 18, 2011

While experts struggle to understand the risks posed by the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan, Jacqueline P. Williams heads up research at University of Rochester on radiation exposure treatments.

Williams, who has a doctorate in radiation biology from the University of London, oversees a $36 million federally funded project at UR that is part of an initiative called the Centers for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation. Seven American research universities are part of this network funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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