Radiation therapy, alone or in combination with surgery and chemotherapy, is commonly used for the treatment of many cancers. Although radiation therapy can usually be delivered without resulting in ...

THE acute radiation syndrome is an illness produced by exposure of the entire body, or a large part of the body, to ionizing radiations of a penetrating character. Although virtually unknown in ...

Researchers have developed a human in vitro model that closely mimics the complexities of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) and radiation dose sensitivity of the human lung. Using a previously ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recently published paper in Radiation Research, the official journal of the Radiation Research Society, details the results from studies conducted with Humanetics ...

Americans are being urged against using eight ultraviolet wands used to disinfect surfaces because of high levels of radiation the products emit that can cause injuries to the skin and eyes of those ...

This schematic shows how the small airsacs of the lung called alveoli, specifically the alveolar-capillary interface that is the major site of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is modeled on the ...