BIOMOLECULAR ACTION OF IONIZING RADIATION

EMBRACING THE TRANSFORMATION OF RADIATION SCIENCES BY THE RECENT SURGE OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, THIS GRADUATE-LEVEL TEXTBOOK OFFERS AN UP-TO-DATE ANALYSIS OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MOLECULAR RESPONSES IN THE BODY INDUCED BY IONIZING RADIATION. WITH A UNIQUE EMPHASIS ON MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS, "BIOMOLECULAR ACTION OF IONIZING RADIATION" ALSO PRESENTS A MUCH NEEDED, IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVE ON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND RADIATION INJURIES. BASED ON A POPULAR COURSE GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE BOOK PLACES THE TRADITIONAL TENETS OF RADIATION BIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.USING TERMS THAT NON-EXPERTS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CAN UNDERSTAND, IT CLARIFIES THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF RADIATION EFFECTS ON MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS INCLUDING SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS, MODES OF CELL KILLING, AND NON-TARGETED EFFECTS. THE AUTHOR SUBSEQUENTLY ASSOCIATES KEY PRINCIPLES AND ADVANCES WITH POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS,