Evidence of health benefits and longer average life-span following low-dose irradiation should replace fear, “all radiation is harmful,” and “the perception of harm” as the basis for action in the 21 century. Hormesis is the excitation, or stimulation, by small doses of any agent in any system. Large doses inhibit. “Low dose” is defined as any dose between ambient levels of radiation and the th...

The aim of this study was to investigate the radioprotective effect of thymol as a natural product against salivary glands dysfunction induced by ionizing radiation in rats. The rats were treated with thymol at dose of 50 mg/Kg before exposure to radiation at dose 15Gy. Salivary gland function was evaluated with radioisotope scintigraphy and then salivary gland to background counts ratio was ca...

T HE LEUKOPENIA developing some days after a high dosage of ionizing irradiation is apparently due to direct injury of the bone marrow. On tile other hand, the appearance of leukocytosis before leukopenia develops mdicates that other factors may influence the level of circulating leukocytes in that phase. Tile short course of this initial leukocytosis suggests the possibility of an increased pe...

Most ionizing radiation-induced damage is caused by hydroxyl radicals, and the selective reduction of hydroxyl by hydrogen in vitro has been demonstrated previously. Irradiation of the heart can cause chronic cardiac disease. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that hydrogen-rich water (pure water saturated with molecular hydrogen), which is easy to use, induces cardioprotection agai...

Silicon dioxide and silicon nitride as well as other insulating materials are used in micro-electro-mechanical systems. However, their tendency for electrostatic charging diminishes the device reliability. The charging effect becomes significant when these devices are subjected to ionizing radiation. The irradiation induced charging depends on the nature of irradiation, the underlying metal lay...

Fractionated, high-dose total body irradiation (TBI) is used therapeutically to myeloablate and immune suppress patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. Acute exposure to ionizing radiation can have fatal effects on the hematopoietic and immune systems. Currently, therapies aimed at ameliorating ionizing radiation-associated toxicities are limited. In the February 2014...

With the increasing use of atomic energy in our society, the effects of ionizing radiation, particularly those that are delayed, have become a matter of great concern. Since 1947 the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) has conducted continuing medical studies among survivors of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including since 1951 a group of children who were irradiated in utero...

this research was conducted to compare effects of electron beam (eb) and gamma ray (gr) treatments at doses of 25, 50 and 75 kgy on soybean meal (sbm) ruminal degradation kinetics of crude protein (cp) and amino acids (aa). the nylon bag and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page) techniques were used for this aim. ionizing radiations decreased washout and degradati...

Although it is well established that inheritance of mutations in the Brca1 gene significantly increases the chances of developing breast or ovarian cancers, the mechanisms underlying this specific tumor susceptibility remain to be clarified. It is clear that one of the roles of the Brca1 protein is to facilitate cellular responses to DNA damage. We recently reported that Brca1 function is requi...