This volume serves as an update in emerging areas of radiobiology and advanced medical science. Each chapter is written by experts and specialists with a view to provide an and in-depth account of biomedical research based on developing technologies in therapy and diagnosis. Readers will find of a balanced coverage of some specialized and frontline topics including new dimensions of nuclear techniques in biomedicine. A significant portion of this monograph provides an engaging and concise overview of emerging scenario of radiation biology and new challenges. Several topics related to human health sciences are comprehensively covered including oxidative stress in health and disease, radiation response of oncogenes, novel strategies to unravel the cell signaling mysteries, fluorescent probes as diagnostic tools, new vistas in nuclear medicine and a highlight of trends in EMR methods in medicine and life science. Has both colour & black & white Photographs

Preface / Forward / OXIDATIVE STRESS, RADIATION AND HEALTH / Antioxidants in health and disease / Reactive oxygen species in lung cancer / Calcinurin as a putative biomarker of oxidative stress and disease / Antioxidants and anticancer treatment / New vistas in nuclear medicine / Emerging Scenario in Radiation Biology of Mammalian Cells: Prospects and Opportunities in the New Millennium / Molecular radiobiology: plasmid pMTa4 as a tool for studying effects of gamma radiation in vitro and in vivo / Peroxidation of proteins in biological systems exposed to ionizing radiation / Effects of Augur electron emitting nuclides on human cells / Radiation response of oncogenes associated with signal transuction / Very high level natural radiation areas (VHLNRAs) and current radiation policies: Controversies, Beleifs and Facts / Human milk casein: A review / Patient dose reduction and quality assurance evaluation in whole body CT scanner / Radiation, glutathione, cancer and health: paradoxical inter-relations / Involvement of signal transduction pathways in mustard gas induced lung injury / Bio-safety: problems and prospects / NEW ADVANCES IN BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH / Molecular aspects of alkaloid-DNA interaction: Biological significance / Fluorescent labels in DNA/RNA diagnostics / Fluorescene chimeras and living colors: Unraveling the mysteries of cell signaling / Peptide-membrane interaction in a noval magnetically oriented lipid bilayers induced by biologically active peptides as studies by 31P and 13C NMR spectroscopy / Initation of forward motility in the goat caput-epididymal immature sperm in vitro / Probing themolecular mechanisms of enzyme catalysis and regulation / Trends in application of EMR spectroscopy, life and medical sciences / High field ESR mesaurments of organic compounds / Peptides aggregation phenomenon as studies by advanced ESR Methods / New dimensions of nuclear technique in biomedical science / Recent advances in neurosciences: Their therapeutic relevance / A novel SCID Biotechnology for Biomedical studies in human / Index

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