Feb 15 2005
From The Space Library
NASA awarded a US$9.8 million, five-year research grant to the University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas to study the cancer risks of radiation exposure during space travel, adding another NASA Specialized Center of Research (NSCOR) to NASA's space radiation program. The name of the newest NSCOR was NASA Specialized Center of Research for the Estimation of Solid Tumor Cancer Risks from Space Radiation. The grant enabled researchers to study the relationship of lung cancer pathogenesis and exposure to HZE-particles (high-energy charged particles) at the cellular and molecular level, using data collected from animal models and tissues. (NASA, “NASA Satellite Observes Mysterious Earth Energy,” news release 05-054, 22 February 2005, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/feb/HQ_05045_cancer_grant.html (accessed 19 August 2009); Associated Press, “NASA Awards UT Southwestern $9.8 Million Grant to Study Radiation,” 25 February 2005.)
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