Low intensity radiation also affects the bones
Some factors that bind the bones have long been known. Among other things, astronauts are humiliated by low gravity, and patients with cancer who receive radiation therapy have a greater bone fracture. But it has never been studied why bones flex due to radiation. Biology engineers at Clemson University discover in South Carolina that low-intensity ionizing radiation can destroy the essence of bones.
In the laboratory experiment, four mouse groups suffered different intensity radiation. The first group suffered gamma-ray radiation, similar to that suffered during a radiation therapy session. The second suffered radiation from protons, similar to that suffered by an astronaut on a Moon walk. The third group suffered iron radiation and the fourth was carbon radiation, similar to those an astronaut would suffer on a trip to Mars.
After 110 days the mice were killed and their skeleton was studied using three-dimensional images. It was found that a quarter of the mouse pulp was destroyed and that half of the internal structure of the bones to support weight was damaged.
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