Abstract Previous pilot investigations of the uses of primary cell cultures to study late damage in stem cells of the skin of the New Zealand white (NZW) rabbit and the rhesus monkey /1–3/, have been extended to individual monkeys exposed to 55 MeV protons. Protons of this energy have a larger range in tissue of (2.6 cm) than the 32 MeV protons (0.9 cm) to which the animals in our earlier studies had been exposed. Although the primary emphases in the current studies were improvement and simplification in the techniques and logistics of transportation of biopsies to a central analytical facility, comparison of the quantitative measurements obtained thus far for survival of stem cells in the skins from animals irradiated 21 years ago reveals that the effects of both proton energies are similar.


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    Title :

    Use of primary cell cultures to measure the late effects in the skins of rhesus monkeys irradiated with protons


    Contributors:
    Cox, A.B. (author) / Wood, D.H. (author) / Lett, J.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 6 , 11 ; 217-222


    Publication date :

    1987-01-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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