Biological and Medical Research Group (H-4 of the Health Division -- Annual Report, July 1965 Through June 1966

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Subject Categories: BIOCHEMISTRY MEDICINE AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Corporate Author: LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB ALBUQUERQUE NM
Title: Biological and Medical Research Group (H-4 of the Health Division -- Annual Report, July 1965 Through June 1966
Descriptive Note: Annual rept. Jul 1965-Jun 1966
Personal Authors: Langham, W. H.; Shipman, T. L.
Report Date: JUL 1966
Pages: 266 PAGES
Report Number: LA-3610-MS
Contract Number: 2-7405-ENG.36
Monitor Acronym: XJ
Monitor Series: AEC
Descriptors: *BIOCHEMISTRY, *MEDICAL SERVICES, *MEDICAL RESEARCH, RADIATION, INFORMATION TRANSFER, MAMMALS, PROTEINS, IN VITRO ANALYSIS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, IRRADIATION, DRUGS, CELLS(BIOLOGY), RADIATION EFFECTS, CYTOLOGY, CULTURE MEDIA.
Identifiers: BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Abstract: The increased emphasis over the past 5 years on attempts to contribute to the understanding of radiation effects at the cellular- and molecular-levels has been primarily responsible for expansion of the biological and medical research program at Los Alamos. These investigations have largely taken the direction of studying some of the detailed processes of information transfer in in vitro biological systems and the sequential biochemistry of phased mammalian cells grown in culture medium. The eventual objective of these investigations is to determine the influence of radiation, radioactive materials, and drugs of known biological effect on the previously established cellular and molecular processes. The purpose of studying drug effects is to observe whether there is parallelism between radiation effects and the known action of the drug. As an example, is there similarity between cycloheximide inhibition of synthesis of essential protein for cell division and inhibition of cell division by irradiation?
Limitation Code: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Source Code: 394961
Citation Creation Date: 22 NOV 2000