All Posts: radiation

• Called To Be a Space Biologist, Postdoc Participates in Selective NASA Program

  Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Geraldine Vitry, PhD, spent the first years of her educational career focused on human biology. A pivotal moment led her to her true passion, space biology. Now, a NASA program is putting her a step closer to realizing her goal of contributing to humans walking on Mars.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: NASA, postdoctoral fellows, radiation, space research

• Researchers Develop Method to Monitor Cancer Radiotherapy Effects at the Cellular Level

  Using complex molecular tools, researchers have determined how to measure, in real time, the effect that radiation treatment for cancer can have at the cellular level on surrounding healthy tissue.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cancer research, cell-free methylated DNA, radiation

• Space Travel Can Adversely Impact Energy Production in a Cell

  WASHINGTON (November 25, 2020) — Studies of both mice and humans who have traveled into space reveal that critical parts of a cell’s energy production machinery, the mitochondria, can be made dysfunctional due to changes in gravity, radiation exposure and other factors, according to investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. These findings are part […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biological effects of space travel, biomedical research, cancer research, mitochondrial function, radiation, space research