Harmful effects of radiation and the possible spread area of radioactive contaminants within the environment were brought to focus in recent years by a series of significant events involving nuclear safety. On the other hand, the use of radiation for treating cancer has widened to include more types of radiation and heavy ions to affect and improve results with radioprotective and radio-sensitizing compounds. Basic studies of DNA, whose genetic engineering stemmed from early photo-biological and radiobiological work on DNA damage and repair, have developed towards a fuller understanding of the events, progressing from DNA radiobiochemistry to genetic, immunological, physiological and systemic consequences. It is now clear that many of these events and results are interrelated.
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978-3-527-27813-8 (9783527278138)
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Radiobiology: the basis for radiotherapy; radiation carcinogenesis and cellular effects; late and secondary effects of radiotherapy; radioprotection and radiosensitization; heavy ions in radiobiology and space research; microdosimetry and biological dosimetry; effects of radiation on the nature and the developing central nervous system; effects on CNS development; DNA damage and repair and cellular mutations; the impact of radiation on the environment; free radical in radiation biology; research in progress.
