Specific viral targeting into intrahepatic tumors remains critical for adenovirus gene therapy in liver cancer. We previously showed that ionizing radiation increases adenovirus uptake and transgene expression in cells and colon cancer xenografts. Here, we tested whether radiation induces viral uptake through virus-cell membrane interaction. We found that radiation (8 Gy) induced adenoviral gen...

To understand one of the mechanisms of resistance to chemoradiation in colon cancer cells, we investigated whether 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) mediated the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and modified repair of radiation-induced DNA damage, especially in a p53 independent pathway. Cytotoxicity was determined for 5-FU combined with radiation for three colon cancer cell lines that...

• Optical property of a material is defined as its interaction with electro-magnetic radiation in the visible. • Electromagnetic spectrum of radiation spans the wide range from γ-rays with wavelength as 10 m, through x-rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and finally radio waves with wavelengths as along as 10 m. • Visible light is one form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging...

Humic substances, i.e. dark paramagnetic polymeric anionic polyelectrolytes, belong to the most widespread macromolecular substances of biogenic origin in soil and aquatic environments. The exact structure of humic substances is unknown because of their complexity resulting from unrecurring precursors, from their composition and their process of synthesis. Degradation processes of these substan...

An electron beam, prebunched at the synchronous free-electron laser frequency and passing through a magnetic undulator, emits coherent (superradiant) synchrotron undulator radiation at the bunching frequency. If an external electromagnetic wave is introduced into the interaction region, at the same frequency and at a proper phase, the radiation process will be stimulated (stimulated prebunched ...

Understanding and evaluating the health e€ects of prolonged exposure to low radiation doses, as opposed to shorter exposure to higher doses, has still a long way to go. Answers to these questions cannot be provided by epidemiological studies alone, and so the input of radiobiologists to help focus the work of epidemiologists will become increasingly important in the future. This paper discusses...

A highly simplified hydrodynamic model for the cause of cyclotron harmonics radiation in a magneb ized, abnormal-glow, helium plasma is proposed. The high-velocity electrons are treated as sources for the charge density waves in the plasma. Electromagnetic radiatiori results from interaction of these wake waves with the statistical fluctuations (the granular structure in the ion density). This ...

The polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) can serve as a probe for nonstandard parity violating interactions. Many such interactions are predicted in particle physics models arising from theories with extra dimensions such as superstring theory. These interactions produce an optical activity that depends on the space-time nature of the parity violating field. In parti...

Radiation reaction effects will play an important role in near-future laser facilities, yet their theoretical description remains obscure. We explore the Ford-O'Connell equation for radiation reaction, and discuss its relation to other commonly used treatments. By analyzing the interaction of a high energy electron in an intense laser pulse, we find that radiation reaction effects prevent the p...

The process of radiation from high-energy electrons and that of electron-positron pair creation by high-energy photons in an intense laser eld are studied in the parameter region where the multi-photon interaction is signi cant. The complete pictures of the behavior of the radiation probability/intensity and probability of the pair creation as functions of two basic parameters are obtained. Spe...