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The Early Effects of Radiation on DNA (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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The Early Effects of Radiation on DNA (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Series: Nato ASI Subseries H:, 54
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Interest in the biological effects of ionising radiation closely
followed the identification of such radiation. The realisation that
DNA is the site of genetic infonnation in cells subsequently
focussed attention on DNA as an important target in the lethal and
mutagenic effects of ionising radiation. Thus radiation effects
upon DNA became an important area for fundamental scientific
studies by radiation biologists, chemists and physicists. To a
first approximation, the concerns of the three disciplines can be
divided by time scales: the physical process of energy deposition
from photon or charged 16 12 particle and subsequent relaxation
(-10- to 10- secs), followed by chemical 12 2 reactions (- 10- to
10 secs), and fmally, the expression of biological effect (minutes
to years). Thus, the concept of 'early processes' conveys different
ideas to different scientists, although they are all interrelated.
To attempt to describe in any detail all these processes is a
mammoth task which is not made easier by the different conventions
and experimental approaches of the three disciplines. However, the
recent advances in all these scientific areas seemed, to the
organisers at least, to offer the opportunity to stimulate more
active interaction between physicists, chemists and biologists.
With this in mind, a multi-disciplinary workshop was organised,
which brought together some fifty scientists to present their own
specialist interests and, through extensive discussion, explore
which problems are of high priority and require input from the
different disciplines to resolve them.
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