Introduction to series

26. 8. 2022

What connects the Jachymov spa, the planned flight to Mars and space research in general, the current occupation of Ukraine by Russia, the transformation of healthy cells into cancer cells and, conversely, the effective treatment of cancer patients, diagnostic imaging in medicine, relatively ecological energy sources, but also tragic nuclear power plant accidents, threatening terrorist attacks using the so-called dirty bomb, the largest project in the history of science (the Manhattan Project), nuclear weapons and the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, poorly built houses on "radon bedrock", research into fundamental life processes in cells, the natural evolution of organisms, a lot other important phenomena and research of the Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology of the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences? This is ionizing radiation and its ubiquitous effect on living organisms, including humans. If you are interested in these topics, find it difficult to navigate media reports that usually hyperbolize anything related to radioactivity, need a better understanding of radiobiological units and the relationship between the type of ionizing radiation, its dose and health risk, or are professionals and just want to learn more about our research and the current state of knowledge in the field of radiobiology and radiation biophysics, then follow this new series of contributions, in which we will gradually address interesting radiobiological problems and events in more detail. The article below provides an introduction to this series.
Martin Falk