radiobiology
Studying irradiated organisms
Radiobiology is the study of how ionizing radiation affects living organisms.
The field examines radiation's impact on cells, tissues, and biological systems—from DNA damage and mutation to cancer treatment and radiation protection.
Radiobiology informs medical applications like radiation therapy and guides safety standards for nuclear workers and astronauts.
Producing charged particles
- neutronsUncharged subatomic particles
- radonRadioactive inert gas
- radiolysisMolecular breakdown from ionizing rays
- radiosensitivityVulnerability to radiation damage
gray · dosimetry · contamination · half-life · decay
Localized implanted radiation oncology
- fractionationSeparating mixture into components
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- carcinogenesisMalignant transformation process
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
Permanent DNA alteration
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- radiosensitivityVulnerability to radiation damage
- cytogeneticsChromosome structure and inheritance science
Post-blast atmospheric particles
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
Radiation absorption measurement
- cytogeneticsChromosome structure and inheritance science
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- in-vitroIn artificial environment
ionizing
Producing charged particles
- neutronsUncharged subatomic particles
- radonRadioactive inert gas
- radiolysisMolecular breakdown from ionizing rays
radiosensitivity · gray · dosimetry · contamination · half-life · decay
brachytherapy
Localized implanted radiation oncology
- fractionationSeparating mixture into components
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- carcinogenesisMalignant transformation process
leukemia · lymphoma · dose-response · palliative · curative
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- radiosensitivityVulnerability to radiation damage
fallout
Post-blast atmospheric particles
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
dosimetry
Radiation absorption measurement
- cytogeneticsChromosome structure and inheritance science
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- in-vitroIn artificial environment
- biologycells, DNA, cell, gene, bacteriology
- radiobiologyDNA damage, mutations, cell damage, radiosensitivity, mutagenesis
- medical physicsdosimetry, medical imaging, brachytherapy, treatment planning, CT scan
- radiotherapyproton therapy, radiosurgery, iodine-131, radiopharmaceuticals, brachytherapy
- radiation
- isotope methodsradioisotopes, radiotracers, carbon-14, tritium, radiocarbon
radiobiologynuclear physics
Study of atomic nuclei
photobiology · biochemistry · molecular biology · toxicology · pharmacology
biology, radiate, radiation, radiator, radioactive, radiating, radioactivity, irradiate, radiology