Re: D. radiodurans ( was RE: BIOLOGY: Mouse and Human Genome similarity)

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Mon Dec 09 2002 - 20:35:25 MST


2002-12-08 05:23:38, "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
>A kGy is a "kilo-Grey" which is a measure of radiation dose.
>To explain this gets into a very complicated discussion
>of how radiation is absorbed by tissues. It involves
>some rather complicated conversions between "rads" and "Greys".

Tiny correction, friend Robert: rads and Grays are easy, they are both defined in terms of raw radiation
"input"(joules per mass unit). Other units that try to indicate the contributed dose-as-*damage* are the
complicated ones you are thinking of, such as the Sievert or the REM (Roentgen-Equivalent-Man).

MMB



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