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Curt Jacob Stern (1902-1981)
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
Curt Jacob Stern studied radiation and chromosomes in humans and fruit flies in the United States during the twentieth century. He researched the…
ChromosomesHeredityMitosisDrosophilaDrosophila melanogaster
Hermann Joseph Muller's Study of X-rays as a Mutagen, (1926-1927)
By: Kevin M. Gleason
| Published: Mar 07, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller conducted three experiments in 1926 and 1927 that demonstrated that exposure to x-rays, a form of high-energy radiation, can…
X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutationDrosophila
Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967)
By: Kevin Gleason
| Published: May 25, 2017
Hermann Joseph Muller studied the effects of x-ray radiation on genetic material in the US during the twentieth century. At that time, scientists had…
Muller, H. J. (Hermann Joseph), 1890-1967X-raysRadiationGeneticsMutation
“Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy” (1999), by Gillian Thomas
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 09, 2020
On 15 April 1999, physician Gillian Thomas published the editorial “Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerPelvisPapillomaviruses
Chernobyl Heart (2003)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jun 01, 2018
In 2003, HBO Original Programming released the documentary Chernobyl Heart. Maryann De Leo directed and produced the film, which is about the…
LiteratureChernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986CesiumRadiation--Health aspectsIonizing radiation--Health aspects