StemRad CEO Dr. Oren Milstein (right) meets with firefighters and emergency services in Kyiv. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cThen during the summer, I received a letter from the Ukrainian parliament asking for a donation of 200 of our protective kits,\u201d Milstein said.<\/p>\n
He conditioned his acquiescence on accompanying the donated kits to Kyiv, in order to \u201cfirst of all show my support but also explain the science behind the technology, the use cases for which it is most applicable, and how to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Milstein, who is StemRad\u2019s CEO and chief scientific officer, explained that as the Israeli-American company is still fairly small, it could donate 20 protective kits.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the next 180, which we are going to be doing at cost, we are hoping to get help and support from individuals that are interested in making sure that the first responders in Ukraine are safe and in the process, also making the world safe,\u201d Milstein said. \u201cThis is the kind of equipment that you can\u2019t afford to wait for after the events.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he was starting to prepare for his trip to Ukraine, Milstein asked Kelly, who has been advising StemRad in its NASA space endeavors, to join him on the journey. Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the US astronaut has become a strong advocate for Ukraine, specifically on the humanitarian front. In October, Kelly was named an ambassador for Ukraine\u2019s UNITED24 fundraising platform, initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo next thing I know, we were setting up this crazy visit to Ukraine and once Kelly was involved, we got tremendous support from President Zelensky\u2019s office to make this a successful visit,\u201d Milstein said. \u201cAfter a 20-hour night train ride from Warsaw we made it into Kyiv and there we were embraced at the highest levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a meeting with Zelensky, Kelly presented the president with his personal anti-radiation protection vest.<\/p>\nStemRad CEO Dr. Oren Milstein (right) and astronaut Scott Kelly visit a destroyed building in Kyiv. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cPresident Zelensky was extremely thankful and said that he just got back from Chernobyl the other day, and he would have used it there had he had it and that for any kind of radiological incident in the future, he would be sure to use this life-saving equipment,\u201d according to Milstein.<\/p>\n
During the short trip, Kelly and Milstein met with firefighters and the leadership of Ukraine\u2019s emergency rescue services to explain the technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was pleasantly surprised in my visit to the Department of Emergency Services to see the Israeli flag waving proudly,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe table was also adorned with Israeli flags, so they were very appreciative also from that standpoint, and I was happy to represent Israel in this function.\u201d<\/p>\n
StemRad\u2019s technology doesn\u2019t try to protect the whole body, but aims to selectively protect organs with exceptional sensitivity to radiation, like bone marrow in the hip or in the vertebrae, and the gastrointestinal system.<\/p>\n
Exposure to gamma radiation can result in radiation sickness, formally known as acute radiation syndrome \u2014 the accelerated destruction of the blood cells and the inability of the body to replenish them due to the damage sustained to bone marrow, which is needed to generate new cells.<\/p>\n
Fifty percent of the body\u2019s bone marrow is located in the groin and midsection areas \u2014 the parts StemRad suits protects, ensuring that workers are protected against the effects of radiation sickness but are able to maintain freedom of movement needed to assist others.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very important tool to protect firefighters but also really civilization and specifically in Europe in this case, because if first responders are not emboldened to enter reactors in a quick and brave fashion to put out fires or to provide necessary cooling, then the ramifications will not be local only to that village in Ukraine or to the surrounding city \u2014 the implications are global,\u201d Milstein warned.<\/p>\n
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