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The Reasoned Arguments of a Group of Future Biotechnology Technicians on a Controversial Socio-Scientific Issue: Human Gene Therapy
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Simonneaux, Laurence; Chouchane, Habib – Journal of Biological Education, 2011
We tried to determine the reasoning behind the stances taken by a group of 19-21-year-old students on the controversial issue of the feasibility and acceptability of human gene therapy. The students were in training at a biotechnology institute. We organised classroom debates, punctuated by phases of epistemological "disturbances". We…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Criticism, Genetics, Biotechnology
Radiation Sensitization in Cancer Therapy.
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Greenstock, Clive L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Discusses various aspects of radiation damage to biological material, including free radical mechanisms, radiation sensitization and protection, tumor hypoxia, mechanism of hypoxic cell radiosensitization, redox model for radiation modification, sensitizer probes of cellular radiation targets, pulse radiolysis studies of free radical kinetics,…
Descriptors: Cancer, Chemistry, College Science, Cytology
Radiotherapy by External Beams of Ionising Radiation
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Ellis, R. E. – Physics Education, 1978
Reviews the role of the radiotherapy branch of medical physics. (SL)
Descriptors: Biophysics, College Science, Higher Education, Medical Education
Physics in Nuclear Medicine
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Elliott, A. T. – Physics Education, 1978
Reviews the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioactive materials in nuclear medicine. (SL)
Descriptors: Biophysics, Clinical Diagnosis, College Science, Higher Education