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Re: What is the maximum non lethal level of incorporation of L-Cys sulphur S35

Date: Mon Sep 19 08:58:29 2005
Posted By: William Lorenzen, Staff, Radiation Safety, Children's Hospital
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1127059668.Bc
Message:

This approach does not appear to be logical...but I am not a doctor. How will you use the neutron source (AmBe)? First off the AmBe source does not have sufficent flux (n/sec) to create any S-35 or to irradiate anything to this degree.

Also, the S-35 beta radiation is far less lethal (at the sub-cellular level) than alpha. Alpha radiation is being experimented with to kill cancer cells now as it is a high LET (linear energy transfer) radiation.

So I do not know the lethal dose of Sulfur but feel the "tranformation" of sulfur to chlorine though the use of an AmBe source may yeild no effective results.


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