Acute radiation syndrome and Fukushima: A watershed moment?

Acute radiation syndrome and chronic radiation syndrome.

Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) or sickness or poisoning or toxicity is induced after a whole body exposure of men to high doses of radiation between 1-12Gy. First symptoms are from the gastrointestinal system, which together with bone marrow are the most sensitive parts of our body. Chronic radiation syndrome (CRS) may be induced by smaller than 1Gy radiation doses or after a mild form of ARS. ...

Fukushima daiichi nuclear accident and radiation exposure.

We consider that the Great East Japan Earthquake was a combined disaster involving earthquake and tsunami as well as the release of radioactive materials into the environment (Fig. 1). Something I would like you to notice here is that among various disasters, a radiation nuclear disaster cannot be seen; it cannot be felt; in fact it cannot be detected without special devices. Because of that, t...

Acute Radiation Syndrome in Humans

INTRODUCTION PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Hematopoietic Syndrome Gastrointestinal Syndrome Neurovascular Syndrome DETERMINANTS OF RADIATION EFFECTS ON HUMANS Lethality Curve Influence of Trauma on LD50 Effect of Clinical Support on the LD50 Dose Effect Curve CLINICAL ASPECTS OF THE US CRITICALITY EXPERIENCE Clinical Course of the Criticality Cases CURRENT TREATMENT OF ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME Supportive Car...

q-bio 2007: a watershed moment in modern biology

1 Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, and Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2 Department of Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 3 Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 4 Los ...

Radiation protection: where are we after Fukushima?