Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Medical challenges of the radioactive environment in the nuclear age

7^th Annual Conference on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

August 04-05, 2016 Manchester, UK

Asaf Durakovic

Uranium Medical Research Center, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Stem Cell Res Ther

Abstract:

The current reality of global protracted warfare, mass migration, depletion of natural resources, and the urgent need for alternate energy presents new challenges to the global ecology and human environment. It is further enhanced by the lasting legacy of radioactive fallout and the nuclear era as a consequence of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and radioactive pollution of the environment. The impact of the altered biosphere ranges from the sub-cellular to the global environment with consequences on the altered genomic stability and ecologic prospect of the world. The introduction of radioactive warfare and progressive expansion of the delivery systems presents additional biomedical concerns and the need for the readiness to confront biological and logistical consequences of the modern warfare. While a strategic nuclear confrontation is an unlikely scenario because of its irreversible consequences, nuclear tactical warfare is a realistic probability of the outcomes of regional and geopolitical differences around the globe. The advent of transuranic elements, exemplified by plutonium, adds a recent relatively new dimension to the medical challenges, especially in light of potential terrorist use of radiological dispersal devices with inevitable short-term and long-term consequences for the biosphere. Drawing from the most recent literature, this article attempts to objectively assess the current role of radioactive contamination by actinides with special emphasis on the clandestine use of radioactivity in tactical warfare. This warrants a need of sustained readiness of the medical profession for the challenges of the current reality of internal contamination.

Biography :

Email: asafdurakovic@yahoo.com