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Importance of dose-rate and cell proliferation in the evaluation of biological experimental resultsThe nuclei of cells within the bodies of astronauts traveling on extended missions outside the geomagnetosphere will experience single traversals of particles with high Linear Energy Transfer (LET) (e.g., one iron ion per one hundred years, on average) superimposed on a background of tracks with low LET (approximately one proton every two to three days, and one helium ion per month). In addition, some cell populations within the body will be proliferating, thus possibly providing increasing numbers of cells with 'initiated' targets for subsequent radiation hits. These temporal characteristics are not generally reproduced in laboratory experimental protocols. Implications of the differences in the temporal patterns of radiation delivery between conventionally designed radiation biology experiments and the pattern to be experienced in space are examined and the importance of dose-rate and cell proliferation are pointed out in the context of radiation risk assessment on long mission in space.
Document ID
19940039135
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Curtis, S. B.
(Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA U.S.A., United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Life Sciences and Space Research 25 (2) Radiation Biology: Topical Meeting of the COSPAR Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission F of the COSPAR 29th Plenary Meeting, Washington, DC, Aug. 28-Sep. 5, 1
Volume: 14
Issue: 10
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
94A62584
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: T-9310R
Distribution Limits
Public
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