SEMIANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1962
Progress is reported in studies on the C/sup 14/ activity of stearic acid and its degradation products from brains and carcasses of rats injected with carboxy-labeled acetate, the radiation chemistry of dilute aqueous solutions of potassium oleate, the catalytic hydrogenation of epoxystearates, the chromatographic analysis of natural waxes, metabolic and functional changes in single heart cells in tissue cultures, the radiation chemistry of dilute aqueous solutions of thymine, the development of a 2-phase solution-detergent-anthracene system for counting alpha and BETA radiation in aqueous solutions, the effects of Co/sup 60/ gamma irradiation on solutions of crystalline papain, development of a rapid method for determining tritium water in urine following acute exposure, the distribution of Zn/sup 65/ in rat plasma when injected intravenously as the inorganic ion, determination of sub-microgram amounts of labeled sulfates and selenates, as well as other metabolites, in plant and animal tissues by neutron activation of paper chromatographically separated compounds, the occurrence and character of intramitochondrial inclusions, the effects of x irradiation on fatty acid distribution in chicken embryos, the effect of estrogen on serum lipid and serum protein synthesis in various species of animals, tracer studies of metabolic activity in erythrocytes of chicken embryos in various stages of development, the biochemical effects of radiation of developing brains in rats, the transfer of light lipoproteins across cell membranes, the effects of radiation on protein synthesis in developing chicken embryos, the effects of radiation on life span in rats, effects of whole-body irradiation on metabolism of NaCl in rats, the effects of light intensity on metabolic activity in Euglena, the pharmacology and toxicology of scandium chloride and thulium chloride in rats, effects of low doses of x radiation on electrical activity in the brains of cats, the effects of irradiation on the intestinal absorption of pyridoxine and mucopolysaccharides in rats, reaction mechanisms in the induction of lethal radiation injuries and the protection afforded by chemicals, the role of radioactive tracers in the diagnosis of liver and kidney disorders, metabolism of Sr/sup 85/ and Ca/sup 47/ in human subjects, the protective effects of 5- hydroxytryptamine and 2-aminoethylisothiourea against radiation injuries in mice, the effects of Be on growth of bush beans, and the effects of fall-out on the ecology of the Nevada Test Site Area. A list is included of publications during the period covered by this report. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- California. Univ. Los Angeles. School of Medicine. Lab. of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-028670
- OSTI ID:
- 4792551
- Report Number(s):
- UCLA-507
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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