If one presents the results graphically (Fig. 1) it becomes evident that, besides cell killing, mitotic delay has been induced by the exposure to X-rays.

Numerous processes are likely to affect low-dose radiation cancer risk. Here, the types of DNA damage induced at low doses, the DNA damage response (DDR; a network of pathways that protect against ...

Lungs Breathing in radioisotopes can damage DNA. Stomach Radioactive isotopes ... High doses can cause sterility or mutations. Skin Radiation can burn skin or cause cancer. Bone marrow Radiation ...

Side effects include radiation damage to healthy tissue ... Doctors will discuss with their patients whether to proceed with radiotherapy, delay the treatment until after birth, terminate pregnancy, ...

Radiation from mobile phones may cause brain tissue damage, a two-year study has found. Scientists discovered that emissions from handsets affect the delicate make-up of cells in blood vessels ...

Microbeam radiation therapy has proven effective in animal studies against tumours in the brain, breast, skin and central nervous system.

President Kennedy's target date for a moon flight coincides with an unusually intense period of solar flares or bursts of radiation, he pointed out, which would prove fatal to any space traveler.

"Ambient radiation damage is not significant for our transit times," Musk said during an Oct. 2017 chat on Reddit. "Just need a solar storm shelter, which is a small part of the ship." But just ...

These studies focus on the role of the microvasculature in tissue damage. Endothelial cells generate 20-fold more of a unique form of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase), termed Secretory ASMase, than any ...