Recent Technical Progress in Application of Ion Accelerator Beams to Biological Studies in Tiara
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High-energy heavy ions cause severe local damage, injury, or inactivation to living organisms through highdensity local energy delivery. The JAERI AVF cyclotron and electrostatic accelerators in TIARA have been applied to biological studies covering cell surgery technique for plant breeding, high-LET specific mutation induced by ion beam, and the repair of DNA damage on radiation resistant bacteria. A study on cell surgery technique suggests the importance of atomic displacement effect of low-energy ions. Ion beam are now becoming a new experimental tool for local inactivation of organisms and also for analytical probe. The paper summarizes recent technical and research progress for application of ion beams to biological studies in TIARA.
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