Dr. Fonstein: Yes.
TWST: The others are Protectans, which are designed to keep healthy cells protected from radiation and chemotherapy. It's that family of drugs that can be used by the government in the event of a radiation attack, right?
Dr. Fonstein: Yes, that is what we are developing as a defense antidote, yes.
TWST: What therapies are currently available in these areas besides yours? How will your drugs improve on them?
Dr. Fonstein: In radiation, there are no similar drugs to deal with acute radiation syndrome (ARS). There are basically drugs like iodide, which substitutes for radioactive iodide in your thyroid gland; it's important for children who got radiation damage through contamination of their bodies. But if you are, let's say, hit by an electromagnetic pulse or by a radiation pulse, iodide is no more helpful than table salt. So there is really nothing there except us.
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