Editorial: Ongoing advancements in the research of radiation- induced toxicity and the development of interventions to protect and/or mitigate its effects

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the authorship, and/or publication of this editorial. The authors declare that the funding agency has no roles in the writing/publication of the editorial. WC acknowledged funding from AFRRI intramural grant AFR-12985 and a pilot grant from the Opportunity Funds Management Core of the Centers for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); grant number U19AI067773. PP acknowledged funding from NIAID, grant number 2R44AI142909-03. SK acknowledged funding from the National Cancer Institute, grant numbers R01CA280115 and R01CA285801; NIAID contract number 75N93023C0013; and a pilot grant from the Opportunity Funds Management Core of the Centers for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation, NIAID; grant number U19AI067773. TM acknowledged funding from NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Dept. of Health Human Services, contract number HHSN272201000046C.