Semi-annual progress report for the period ending December 31, 1958

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1957

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6689027· OSTI ID:6689027

Studies were continued on radiation-induced reactions of nitrophenols and ferriprotoporphyrins. No changes in serum glycoproteins or seromucoids were detected in embryo chickens and young chicks as a result of irradiation. Progress is reported in studies on: the radiosensitivity of bacteriophages; the influence of x irradiation on thiamine transport in rat intestine; the histologic changes in bone, marrow, blood, and other body tissues due to localized ..beta.. irradiation; the effects of irradiation on nervous responses in cats; studies of fatty acid metabolism in rats; electrophoretic studies of abnormal plasma proteins; the specificity of thyroxin inhibition of acyl phosphatase; the pharmacological properties of Mellaril; the local toxicity of organic moderators for intact and abraded skin; the effects of oral quinoxaline on radiation mortality in mice; the development of leukemia and other neoplasms in mice receiving cell-free tissue extracts from a high-leukemia strain; the development of liver function tests using iodine-131-Rose Bengal; development of techniques and equipment of renograms using iodine-131 Miokon; the development of sensitive tests for the diagnosis of liver and kidney diseases; tracer studies of bone metabolism; the development of radiation detection instruments and chemical dosimeters; an underwater spark pulser, an improved illuminating system for the electron microscope; and techniques for electron microscopic studies of tissues and the spectrographic analysis of plant ash; studies on the fate and persistence of strontium-90 and cesium-137 in various locations and biological materials collected in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site; and aerial surveying for evaluation of fall-out patterns.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: Not Available; US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• OSTI ID: 6689027
• Report Number(s): UCLA-431
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSORPTION
AERIAL SURVEYING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
AMINES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
ASHES
AZINES
AZOLES
BACTERIOPHAGES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BIRDS
BLOOD
BLOOD PLASMA
BLOOD SERUM
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
BONE MARROW
BROMINE 82
BROMINE ISOTOPES
CALCIUM 45
CALCIUM ISOTOPES
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON 14
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CATS
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMISTRY
CHICKENS
CONTRAST MEDIA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DESIGN
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIODRAST
DISEASES
DISTRIBUTION
DOSEMETERS
DRUGS
DYES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ELECTROPHORESIS
ELEMENTS
EMBRYOS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ENZYMES
ESTERASES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
FALLOUT
FOWL
GLANDS
GLUCOPROTEINS
GOLD 198
GOLD ISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HEMIC DISEASES
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HISTOLOGY
HORMONES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROLASES
HYDROXY ACIDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDICATORS
INHIBITION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTESTINAL ABSORPTION
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KIDNEYS
LEUKEMIA
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIVER
MAMMALS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEDICINE
METABOLISM
METALS
MICE
MICROORGANISMS
MICROSCOPY
MUCOPROTEINS
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NEVADA TEST SITE
NITRO COMPOUNDS
NITROPHENOL
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PARASITES
PEPTIDE HORMONES
PHARMACOLOGY
PHENOLS
PHOSPHATASES
PIGMENTS
PLANTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PORPHYRINS
PROTEINS
PROTOPORPHYRINS
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
PYRIDINES
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIOSENSITIVITY
RATS
REAGENTS
RENOGRAPHY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESIDUES
RODENTS
ROSE BENGAL
SACCHARIDES
SAMPLING
SKELETON
SKIN
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRONTIUM 85
STRONTIUM 88
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
THIAMINE
THIAZOLES
THYROID HORMONES
THYROXINE
TISSUES
TOXICITY
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRANQUILIZERS
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES
VIRUSES
VITAMIN B GROUP
VITAMINS
WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
X RADIATION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES