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Crops seeds return from space in IAEA/FAO project to help feed warming wor
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
To support these farmers and improve global food security, the IAEA and FAO, through their Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, sent seeds into space to explore the effects of cosmic radiation on speeding up natural, genetic adaptation of much needed crops. Th
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Better radiation protection is needed for women healthcare workers
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Female healthcare workers who are regularly exposed to radiation from x-rays and other imaging procedures require stronger ionising radiation protection to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer, according to physicians writing in The BMJ.
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Female health workers need better radiation protection to reduce risk of b
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Women in healthcare who are often exposed to radiation from X-rays and other imaging procedures require stronger ionising radiation protection to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer, according to physicians writing in The BMJ.
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Researchers find how new strategy to treat cancer
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The University of Cincinnati's researchers have created a similar strategy for treating cancer, connecting cancer cells to potent radiation therapy with bacteria acting as the adaptor.
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Study reveals how low-dose radiation associated with heart disease
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a recent study, an international team of researchers found that those who get low doses of ionising radiation had a slightly increased lifetime risk of acquiring heart disease.
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Here's how cancer cells repair DNA damage
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A team of scientists led by Dr Kei-ichi TAKATA from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) discovered a new type of DNA repair mechanism that cancer cells use to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy.
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Smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A wildfire can send smoke into the stratosphere, where it can linger for up to a year. According to a new MIT study, these particles can cause chemical reactions that erode the protective ozone layer that protects the Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation while suspended there.
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Low-dose radiation is linked to a higher lifetime risk of heart disease: S
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A study of the most recent evidence published today in The BMJ reveals that low doses of ionising radiation are related to a slightly elevated excess risk of heart disease.
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Everything you need to know about how blood-brain barrier works
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researching the wall separating the circulatory system from the neurological system has been highly difficult or limited in its use of models. In order to properly investigate potential new treatments for brain tumours, researchers have created a more realistic model.
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Study suggests radiotherapy not an option for older breast cancer patient
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In older patients with early breast cancer, radiotherapy does not seem to improve survival rates.
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Radiotherapy is not an option for older breast cancer patients: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to new research, Radiotherapy does not increase survival chances in older people with early breast cancer.
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New cancer treatment inspired by latte foam, gummy bears
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers at the University of Iowa are developing novel, biocompatible materials that could enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer. These materials were inspired by the foam on top of lattes, as well as gummy bears and Pop Rocks sweets.
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