DNA is continually damaged by exposure to chemical
agents and ionising radiation. What are the effects...
DNA is continually damaged by exposure to chemical
agents and ionising radiation. What are the effects of these agents
on the DNA molecule? Choose one specific example and show how the
damage caused might be repaired.
1.why is it difficult to dtermine the effects of prenatal exposure
to some wnvironmental agents such as srugs, diseases and pollution?
2. can gene influence the extent to which the developing baby
susceptibility to the effects of teratogens.
Agents causing cancer can be classified into 3 broad groups:
Radiation, chemical compounds or microbiological organisms. Briefly
explain each of these classes giving examples of how each of them
might cause cancer.
List 5 examples each of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes,
and state the tumors associated with each of the examples.
Discuss an overview of the industry standard of radiation
exposure for nuclear workers. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of individual montoring for radiation exposure? What
industry standards place into the enforcement of individual
monitoring?
What is the relationship of environment and cancers? Describe
the effect of tobacco, alcohol, radiation exposure, and diet and
obesity to carcinogenesis.
D. What is the typical background radiation we
are exposed to? What additional exposure would we get from a chest
x-ray? A CT scan of the torso? A coast-to-coast flight? A year of
living in Denver, CO? Approximate or representative values are
sufficient.
Please stay within the same unit system (i.e.,
choose either Sievert or rem) for easier comparison in (F).
E. Before flat-screen TV sets became
widespread, color TV sets used huge cathode ray tubes (CRT). To
generate TV...