| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Although it is well established that radiation-induced cancer shows age-dependency at which the individuals are exposed, the mechanism responsible for it is not understood. We hypothesized that the age-dependency could be explained by a difference in the efficiency of mutation induction with radiation. Using lacZ-transgenic mice, we studied dose responses of mutation induction in liver at different ages. The efficiency changed with age but the mode of the change was different from that of cancer induction. Thus, mutation induction could not explain the age-dependency of cancer induction.
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