Published 1959
by Consultants Bureau in New York .
Written in English
Edition Notes
Translation of the first 20 articles from the conference"s Trudy: Izuchenie zhivotnogo organizma.
| Contributions | Consultants Bureau Enterprises. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QH652 .V7 1957a |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 125 p. |
| Number of Pages | 125 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6266872M |
| LC Control Number | 59002318 |
Radio isotopes are frequently used as tracers or tagged atoms in may processes in different fields like surgery, medicine, agriculture, industry and chemistry. In tracer techniques, a radioactive isotope is added to the reactants and its movement is studied by measuring radioactivity in different parts. The common examples of tracer techniques. In book: Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students (pp) Applications of Radio-isotopes in Medicine n for a radioactive isotope to become half of its. The use of radioactive isotopes has been very important in the development of modern biochemistry and is currently standard practice in almost all biochemistry laboratories. The use of stable isotopes, on the other hand, has developed more slowly, perhaps because analysis of materials labeled with stable isotopes is generally more difficult Author: Marion H. O’leary. Contrary to the belief of some people, irradiation of food does not make the food itself radioactive. Radioactive isotopes have numerous medical applications—diagnosing and treating illnesses and diseases. One example of a diagnostic application is using radioactive iodine to test for thyroid activity (Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\)).
An introduction to the methodology of biochemical work with labelled atoms. Half this book deals with the principles of the method, and the other half with the application of these principles to specific biochemical problems, in particular those of intermediary metabolism. No attempt is made at detailed description of methods and applications, instead topics are discussed and a more than. A radioactive isotope, also known as a radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, is any of several species of the same chemical element with different masses whose nuclei are unstable and dissipate excess energy by spontaneously emitting radiation in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Every chemical element has one or more radioactive isotopes. Many molecular based projects using isotopes for detecting and studying micro organisms, radioactive-based molecular biology laboratories in particular in radiosafety and quality Also safety is not a limitation for the use of stable isotopes, which are finding new applications in molecular biology. 1. 2. RADIOISOTOPE-BASED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Medical Applications. Radioactive isotopes have numerous medical applications—diagnosing and treating illness and diseases. One example of a diagnostic application is using radioactive iodine to test for thyroid activity (Figure “Medical Diagnostics”).The thyroid gland in the neck is one of the few places in the body with a significant concentration of iodine.
THE STUDY OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF ANIMALS WITH THE AID OF ISOTOPES RUDOLF SCHOENHEIMER AND D. RITTENBERG Department of Biochemistry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University The study of intermediary metabolism is concerned with synthesis, interconversion and degradation of organic molecules. Studies with radio-active isotopes have been made. usually with the object of studying the metabolic pathway of the element in question. The author shows how radio-active isotopes, in Single or repeated injections, may be used in the study of growth phenomenaJ. S. Thomson. Application of Radioactive Isotopes in Biochemistry and the Study of Animal Organisms, a Portion of the Proceedings of the All-Union Scientific and Technical Conference on the Application of Radioactive Isotopes Abbreviation: Appl. Radioact. Isot. Biochem. Study Anim. Org., Proc. All-Union Sci. Tech. Conf. Appl. Radioact. Isot., 2nd: CODEN: 17DEAT. The half-life of radioactive isotopes is unaffected by any environmental factors, so the isotope acts like an internal clock. For example, if a rock is analyzed and is found to contain a certain amount of uranium and a certain amount of its daughter isotope, we can conclude that a certain fraction of the original uranium has.
