Ionizing radiation is considered a non-threshold ... 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 ...

The damage suppression protein ... the tardigrades had repaired most of the DNA broken by ionizing radiation. This suggests, the researchers found, that H. exemplaris is able to sense ionizing ...

Radiation inflicts extensive damage on cells’ DNA. For many cells, the damage is too complex ... a ‘secondary wave of strand breaks’ in response to stress such as ionizing radiation,” David Gewirtz, a ...

"Ionizing radiation — such as X-rays ... "In bacteria, radiation can cause DNA damage, protein oxidation and membrane disruption, leading to cell death," he noted. "In humans, radiation exposure ...

Although UV light in the UV-A through UV-C range is not ionizing, it damages DNA and ... the cellular damage even had a chance. Additionally, the penetration depth of EM radiation (EMR) into ...

All forms of ionizing radiation have sufficient energy to ionize atoms and potentially cause damage to DNA. Ionizing radiation sources are found in a wide range of occupational settings. Proper ...

Radiation can also deposit large amounts of ... Lungs Breathing in radioactive gas can damage DNA. Stomach Radioactive sources can sit in the stomach and irradiate for a long time.

The ionizing radiation emitted by radionuclides linked to the carrier kill cancer cells by damaging their DNA, causing the tumours to shrink. An ideal radiopharmaceutical for therapeutic purposes ...

These studies focus on the role of the microvasculature in tissue damage. Endothelial cells generate 20-fold ... Secretory ASMase activation is required for ionizing radiation to kill endothelium ...