[Morphological changes after large-field irradiation of dogs and autologous bone marrow transplantation].

The effect of an automyelotransplant taken from a nonirradiated area of bone marrow has been studied after large fields irradiation in dogs. Certain changes occurring in the hemopoietic organs and in some other vitally important organs have been revealed. The automyelotransplantation contributes to a quicker repopulation of the bone marrow and stimulates lymphoid hemopoiesis in the spleen; that plays a positive role in overcoming the bone marrow syndrome at radiation illness.

[Hematopoietic stem cell migration study in dogs].

The migration rate of stem hemopoietic cells (SHC) of the bone marrow was studied by two methods in experiments on 54 dogs. In the first case the dogs were irradiated with an absolute lethal dose (550 R) subtotally, shielding two knee-joints. Seven days after the first irradiation under inactivation of shielded parts with 2000 R dose the survival rate was 12.