Risk of Low Dose/Low Dose Rate Ionizing Radiation to Humans Symposium Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society: Agenda and Abstracts

Conference · Wed Nov 11 04:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:967177

Veigl, Martina L. ^[1]; Morgan, William F. ^[2]; Schwartz, Jeffrey L. ^[3]

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1. Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS), Reston, VA (United States); Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States). Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; Environmental Mutagen Society
2. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
3. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

The low dose symposium thoughtfully addressed controversy of risk from low dose radiation exposure, hormesis and radon therapy. The stem cell symposium cogently considered the role of DNA damage and repair in hematopoietic stem cells underlying aging and malignancy and provocatively presented evidence that stem cells may have distinct morphologies and replicative properties, as well as special roles in cancer initiation. In the epigenetics symposium, studies illustrated the long range interaction of epigenetic mechanisms, the roles of CTCF and BORIS in region/specific regulation of epigenetic processes, the impact of DNA damage on epigenetic processes as well as links between epigenetic mechanisms and early nutrition and bystander effects. This report shows the agenda and abstracts for this symposium.

• Research Organization: Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS), Reston, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-06ER64290
• OSTI ID: 967177
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER--64290; Final Report 2006 EMS AM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGING
DNA DAMAGES
DOSE RATES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
NEOPLASMS
NUTRITION
RADIATIONS
RADON
REGULATIONS
REPAIR
STEM CELLS
THERAPY