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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) SERIES TITLE DOE/ORISE DTPA Program and Registry INCLUSIVE DATES 1959 present ARRANGEMENT Record type VOLUME 12 cubic feet DESCRIPTION The series consists of correspondence, reports, publications, and patient registries (electronic as well as hard copy) relating to efforts to reduce transuranic body burdens through chemical chelation. These burdens typically were acquired by nuclear workers who had inhaled or ingested materials such as plutonium. Chelation is a process that attempts to speed excretion of materials such as plutonium and other transuranics through administration of chemical compounds. DTPA is approved by FDA as an Investigational New Drug (IND) for chelation of selected transuranic elements such as plutonium. Subjects covered include human use protocols, informed consent, and patient response, as well as general administration of the program. Also included are historical AEC business files for the DTPA program that document activities occurring prior to ORAU's involvement in 1978. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Medical Sciences Division 150 East Road, Room A Oak Ridge, TN 37830 |