Cytogenetic Damage Induced by Radioiodine Therapy: A Follow-Up Case Study.

The risk of toxicity attributable to radioiodine therapy (RIT) remains a subject of ongoing research, with a whole-body dose of 2 Gy proposed as a safe limit. This article evaluates the RIT-induced cytogenetic damage in two rare differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) cases, including the first follow-up study of a pediatric DTC patient. Chromosome damage in the patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was examined using conventional metaphase assay, painting of chromosomes 2, 4, and 12 (FISH), and multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization (mFISH).

Cytogenetic biodosimetry and dose-rate effect after radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer.

This study set out to investigate chromosomal damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes of thyroid cancer patients receiving I for thyroid remnant ablation or treatment of metastatic disease. The observed chromosomal damage was further converted to the estimates of whole-body dose to project the adverse side effects. Chromosomal aberration analysis was performed in 24 patients treated for the first time or after multiple courses.

[Oxidative destruction of the heptaene antibiotic levorin].

Levorin destruction in oxygen, argon or air at various temperature levels was studied. It was found that destruction of the antibiotic molecule was mainly due to its interaction with oxygen. As a result the heptaenic chromophore was oxidized and triene and tetraene formed.

[Method of determining the acid-base properties of antibiotics in water-alcohol solutions].

The pH scale of aqueous-alcoholic solutions titrated with aqueous solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydrate was developed. These agents are most frequently used in investigation of the acid and basic transformations of antibiotics. The use of the scale was exemplified with the study of acid and basic properties of gramicidin S containing 2 amino groups in the side chain.