US Patent 9636381 Methods for radiation protection by administering IL-12

Aspects and embodiments of the instant disclosure provide therapeutic methods and compositions comprising interleukin 12 (IL-12) useful for treating radiation-induced damage in a subject. In particular, the instant disclosure provides methods and compositions for radiation protection and/or radiation toxicity mitigation for the treatment of acute radiation syndrome and radiation induced toxicity associated with the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.