this is somewhat disturbing...

[Strider2 Profile]

So anti-terror research also helps cancer victims - am I the only one who doesn't get a warm fuzzy feeling about this?

ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - With a few drops of blood, scientists are creating a way to tell who has absorbed dangerous radiation levels, part of the government's preparations against a terror attack, and advance research that just might point toward new cancer care, too.

Duke University's work aims to allow rapid triage in the aftermath of a dirty bomb explosion or other radiological emergency, to sort out who among potentially thousands of panicked people need treatment for radioactive fallout and who can go home. At the same time, it illustrates an evolving new approach to developing so-called "medical countermeasures" for defence: They ought to have an everyday use, too.

full article at: http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/758774