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Metal-selenomelanin nanonetworks normalized neuronal excitability and restored medium spiny neuron firing in 6-gray whole body-irradiated mice, improving striatal circuit activity.
- Why it matters: Radiation-induced brain injury affects up to 30% of patients and has no effective therapies, partly because drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier and dynamic neuronal dysfunction are hard to address.
- What they did: The team fabricated neuromelanin-inspired metal-selenomelanin nanonetworks and tested them in mice using in vivo electrophysiology, alongside behavioral assays and systemic radioprotection readouts.
- The result: In addition to circuit-level functional recovery, the nanonetworks ensured full 30-day survival, protected radiosensitive organs, and supported hematopoietic recovery.
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