Application of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) as a non-invasive and accurate imaging procedure has been widely used in recent years. Meanwhile, the biological effects of magnetic fields of several tesla (T) and high energy radiofrequency (RF) is not fully known yet. Because of controversy over this issue, the present research has been carried out in order to verify the effects of...

INTRODUCTION Research on the effects of low-dose exposure to ionizing radiation in human has been widely studied. In diagnostic Nuclear Medecine, calculated doses delivered to whole-body and organs were very low (1) and scintigraphies are considered as safe. Consequently only a few studies concerning the potential biological and genetic effects of radiopharmaceutical administration have been ca...

Numerical chromosome aberrations were detected in hematological cancers by nonradioactive in situ hybridization (ISH) procedures, using centromere specific probes for chromosomes 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, X, and Y. All 15 cases could be evaluated by ISH for these 11 probes. Our experiments show that in seven of these randomly selected leukemia bone marrow cell suspensions numerical aberra...

As two cytogenetic parameters of radiation exposure, the frequency of micronucleus in erythroblasts, lymphocytes and red cells (Howell-Jolly body) as well as chromosome aberrations in bone marrow cells and in lymphocytes were studied in 24 thorotrast patients and in 32 atomic bomb (A-bomb) survivors who were exposed within one kilometer from the Hiroshima hypocenter. The incidence of both micro...

 Abstract  Background: Mosaic form of turner syndrome that represented by two or more  cell lines in an affected individual, often has limitation for detection with classical  cytogenetic methods. The present study was carried out to compare the efficiency of  interphase Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation (FISH) and cytogenetic techniques in  detection of mosaic form of turner syndrome.  Method...

Genetic instability is a common feature in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Centrosome aberrations have been described as a possible cause of aneuploidy in many human tumors. To investigate whether centrosome aberrations correlate with cytogenetic findings in AML, we examined a set of 51 AML samples by using a centrosome-specific antibody to pericentrin. All 51 AML samples analyzed displayed numer...

Benzene is an established cause of human leukemia that is thought to act by producing chromosomal aberrations and altered in cell differentiation. In several recent studies increased levels of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes were correlated with a heightened risk of cancer, especially hematological malignancies. Thus, chromosomal aberrations may be a predictor of future ...

BACKGROUND Bladder cancer is a genetically heterogeneous disease. The chromosomal aberrations observed are non-random and they are often correlated with disease progression. Several environmental risk factors have also been reported to be implicated in the pathogenesis of this disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by FISH technique, the numerical aberrations of chromosomes 9 and 11 in...