BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE SEMIANNUAL REPORT FOR APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1959
Progress is reported in the following studies: the ultrastructure of cells of yeast, diatoms, and Hela as observed with the electron microscope; the effects of pituitary irradiation on human metastatic mammary carcinoma and certain endocrine-controlled diseases, the response of breast cancer patients to changes in emdocrine status, and the excretion of urinary estrogens in patients with advanced metastatic mammary carcinoma; the effects of irradiation on the response of isolated nerve fibers: the effects of radiation on phagocytic activity in the reticuloendothelial system; demonstration of a protective effect of intraperitoneally injected olive oil against radiation injury in mice; the physiological effects of transplantation of homologous tissues: biological effects of internally deposited radioisotopes; the incidence of mammary tumors in astatine-211 injected rats; the metabolism of fatty acids in humans; the pathology of atherosclerosis; coronary blood flow; the effectiveness of human urinary erythropoietin in primates; determinations of protein-bound iodine in blood serum; the role of citric acid in bone physiology and its relationship to calcium metabolism; measurements of radioactivity in man using a whole-body counter: development of an infrared micromethod for serum lipid analysis and methods of gas-phase chromatography employing a strontium-90 radiation detector; the development of a method for the in vivo measurement of blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract; investigation of radiation-induced oxidation of aqueous glycine anhydride-oxygen solution and of aqueous protein-oxygen systems; reactions in the radiolysis of aqueous protein systems and in the irradiation of peptides in the solid state. Activities in the fields of radiation detection and protection durirg the period are summarized. A list is included of reponts and papers prepared during the period. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Berkeley, CA (US). Lawrence Radiation Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-014629
- OSTI ID:
- 4187860
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-8988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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