The delayed lethal effect of radium on tissue cultures in vitro —Comparison of continuous and spaced radiation
- 1 May 1931
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
- Vol. 108 (756) , 190-195
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1931.0031
Abstract
Cultures of the 8-9 day choroid or sclerotic of fowl embryos were subjected to continuous (6 hr.) or to discontinuous (1 hr. per day on 6 consecutive days) irradiation ([gamma] rays) from 300 mgm. radium (as sulphate) at 0.5 cm. distance. To test effects, sub-cultures were made every 48 hrs. after irradiation. In both cases, manifestation of the lethal effect was delayed. The 18 cultures given continuous irradiation survived to the 4th-8th ex-plantation after irradiation, the average being 6.1 sub-cultivations; those given discontinuous irradiation (20 cultures) also survived to the 4th-8th, the average being 6.0; the difference seems not significant.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The delayed lethal effect of radium on tissue cultures in vitroProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, 1930
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