Low doses of radiation can cause heart disease, stroke.Byline: ANI Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): A new British study suggests that low doses of radiation can trigger heart disease and stroke. A team led by Dr. Mark Little at Imperial College London History Imperial College was founded in 1907, with the merger of the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science (all of which had been founded between 1845 and 1878) with these entities continuing to exist as "constituent colleges". constructed a mathematical model to find the risks associated with low background levels of radiation. The team discovered that radiation kills monocytes monocytes, n.pl the largest of the white blood cells. They have one nucleus and a large amount of grayish-blue cytoplasm. Develop into macrophages and both consume foreign material and alert T cells to its presence. , a type of white blood cell, in the arterial wall, which results in higher levels of monocyte monocyte /mono·cyte/ (mon´o-sit) a mononuclear, phagocytic leukocyte, 13µ to 25µ in diameter, with an ovoid or kidney-shaped nucleus, and azurophilic cytoplasmic granules. chemo-attractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and leads to cardiovascular disease. The authors say that the risks arsing out of exposure to low dose radiation like energy from medical and dental X-rays may be much greater than what have been assumed until now. The study has appeared in the latest issue of the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology PLoS Computational Biology is an open-access computational biology journal published by the nonprofit organization Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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