Gammacell 40 137 Cs Irradiator

Gammacell 40 137 铯辐射器

• 批准号: 7047254
• 负责人: KRISTOFFER Carl VALERIE
• 金额: $ 36.1万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7047254
• 关键词: animal colony; lead; neoplasm /cancer; oncology; radiobiology; tissue /cell culture; university

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting funds for a Gammacell 40 Cs-137 irradiator able to irradiate tissue culture cells and whole animals. The irradiator is absolutely necessary to carry out the research mission of the Department of Radiation Oncology, the Massey Cancer Center and Virginia Commonwealth University, and the objectives of extramurally funded research projects in molecular radiobiology and medical physics. This is a dedicated research irradiator that will replace an old Co-60 unit, which will soon no longer be readily available for day-to-day irradiations. Furthermore, when our new cancer center is finished in the early part of 2006 there will be an increased demand for an irradiator in close proximity to laboratories and animal facilities after consolidating existing and new faculty to one location. The irradiator is important for basic and translational molecular radiobiology research that eventually may lead to improved treatments of cancer.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请资金购买能够照射组织培养细胞和整个动物的 Gammacell 40 Cs-137 辐照器。辐照器对于执行放射肿瘤学系、梅西癌症中心和弗吉尼亚联邦大学的研究任务以及分子放射生物学和医学物理学的校外资助研究项目的目标是绝对必要的。这是一款专用研究辐照器，将取代旧的 Co-60 装置，后者很快将不再可用于日常辐照。此外，当我们的新癌症中心于 2006 年初竣工时，在将现有和新的教职人员整合到一个地点后，对靠近实验室和动物设施的辐照器的需求将会增加。辐照器对于基础和转化分子放射生物学研究非常重要，最终可能会改善癌症治疗。