| Low Dose Radiation: The Histroy of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Program Contributor(s): Brooks, Antone L. (Author), Woloschak, Gayle (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0874223547 ISBN-13: 9780874223545 Publisher: Washington State University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Radiation - Science | Life Sciences - Cell Biology - Science | Research & Methodology |
| Dewey: 612.014 |
| LCCN: 2017047624 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 324 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Chief Scientist Dr. Antone Brooks and his Low Dose Radiation Research Program team redefined the field, applying advances in instrumentation and molecular biology from the Human Genome Project and developing new technologies to examine cellular responses. Their findings were startling. At low doses, biological reactions are unique and often unrelated to those that occur at high doses. The influential linear-no-threshold model--which predicted that damage from acute exposures can be extrapolated linearly to low dose exposures--was flawed. Small doses of radiation can have an adaptive protective effect. "Hit theory," the idea that radiation only affected cells it directly traversed, yielded to "bystander theory," which hypothesizes that cells communicate with each other and a dose to one affects others surrounding it. Low Dose Radiation describes the program's development, the scientists who made it viable, and the fundamental results, highlighting lessons learned during its lifespan. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brooks, Antone L.: - Antone L. Brooks, Research Professor Emeritus at Washington State University Tri-Cities, holds a Master of Radiation Ecology and a Ph.D. in Physical Biology. He was the Chief Scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy's Low Dose Radiation Research Program from 1999 to 2008, and has contributed to more than 150 professional papers. |