While Dr. Jung and I were working on a project studying the effects of external radiation, such as from accidents or terrorist events, on monkey models, he suggested a different approach. He proposed using the same monkey model to evaluate radiation exposure from sources inside the monkey’s body, which is actually very useful for nuclear […]
While reading news articles, I came across a news story about how radiation affected monkeys, titled “Three Ways Radiation Has Changed The Monkeys Of Fukushima.” This made me realize that studying monkeys can help us understand the effects of radiation on the human body. At first, I wanted to conduct actual experiments with monkeys, but
Radiation exposure of patients from computed tomography for COVID-19 diagnosis After we made it through the COVID-19 pandemic, I found out that many kids had to get special x-ray pictures called CT scans to help doctors check for the virus. Their parents are worried that the radiation from these scans might affect their kids’ health.