Recent advances in the field of radiation biology have increased our knowledge of cellular responses to radiation and microenvironmental disseminations through radiation at molecular level.

Radiotherapy continues to be a major treatment for solid tumours and is a cornerstone of modern oncology. The term 'radiation oncology' describes the integration of radiation therapy into the complexity of multi-modal therapy. Over the last ten years the crucial role of radiation therapy as part of multi-modality protocols in cancer care has been documented in numerous Phase III trials. Advance...

Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City 734-8553, Japan Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City 960-1295, Japan *Corresponding author. Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. Tel: +81-(...

The purpose of this paper is to review basic radiation biology and associated terminology to impart a better understanding of the importance of basic concepts of ionizing radiation interactions with living tissue. As health care workers in a field that utilizes ionizing radiation, nuclear medicine technologists are concerned about the possible acute and chronic effects of occupational radiation...

S. Serres, L. Balathasan, T. Weissensteiner, S. W. Carbonell, M. A. McAteer, R. P. Choudhury, D. C. Anthony, R. Muschel, and N. R. Sibson Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, University of Ox...

The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is a champion of extreme radiation resistance that is accounted for by a highly efficient protection against proteome, but not genome, damage. A well-protected functional proteome ensures cell recovery from extensive radiation damage to other cellular constituents by molecular repair and turnover processes, including an efficient repair of disintegrated DNA...

the philosophy of biology has existed as a distinct sub-discipline within the philosophy of science for about thirty years. the rapid growth of the field has mirrored that of the biological sciences in the same period. today the discipline is well represented in the leading journals in philosophy of science, as well as in several specialist journals. there have been two generations of textbooks...