Biological effects of ultrawideband radiation

Author

Shckorbatov, Y.G. ; Kolchigin, N.N. ; Pasiuga, V.N. ; Kazansky, O.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Biol., V.N. Karazin Kharkiv Nat. Univ., Kharkiv, Ukraine

fYear

2010

fDate

6-10 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

192

Lastpage

194

Abstract

Research works on biological effects of ultrawideband pulsed radiation which were realized in the Kharkiv National University are summarized. Investigations were done on different biological objects: human cells, Artemia sp., Drosophila melanogaster. Biological effects of ultrawideband pulsed radiation were observed in a range from 10^-6 to 10^-2 W/cm². Different experimental models revealed different sensitivity to low-level radiation. The most sensitive to low-level radiation was the Artemia sp. hatching percentage (10^-6 Wcm²). Human cells were less sensitive to radiation (10^-4 W/cm²). Irradiation of more power (10^-3 W/cm²) induced dominant lethal mutations (DLM) in Drosophila. In our opinion, the most appropriate method for assessment of biological effects of irradiation is evaluation of heterochromatin granules quantity (HGQ) in human cells.

Keywords

cellular effects of radiation; Artemia sp; Drosophila melanogaster; biological ultrawideband radiation effects; dominant lethal mutations; heterochromatin granules quantity; human cells; Biological system modeling; Cells (biology); Humans; Radiation effects; Sensitivity; Ultra wideband technology; Artemia sp.; Buccal epithelium cells; Drosophila melanogaster; dominant lethal mutations; heterochromatin granules quantity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals (UWBUSIS), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sevastopol

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7470-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7469-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UWBUSIS.2010.5609143

Filename

5609143