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The Atomic Disease Institute was established in 1962 for
the purpose of universal basic research with regard to radiation
medicine and to the late effects of radiation on the human
body, and the Institute has studied the effects of residual
radiation, pathological and epidemiological approaches to
various atomic bomb diseases, and clarification of the relationship
between radiation dose and radiation-induced leukemia and
other malignant diseases. Furthermore, the Medical Data Center
for the Atomic Bomb was reorganized into the Scientific Data
Center for the Atomic Bomb Disaster in 1974. It was organized
with the purpose of data collection and arrangement and preservation
of materials to better understand the effects of the atomic
bomb disaster.
In April 1997, the Atomic Disease Institute and the Scientific
Data Center for the Atomic Bomb Disaster were combined to
become the Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
School of Medicine. Our purpose after the reorganization
is to clarify the effects of radiation on human health by
the atomic bomb disaster and by international radiation-related
problems. We will develop epidemiological studies and studies
for clarification of radiation effects from the individual
and cellular to molecular levels. Also, we will not only
develop methods for molecular diagnosis of Hibakusya and
for basic research and development of gene therapy but also
encourage international cooperation in order to provide improved
medical care for the effects of radiation worldwide. Furthermore,
we have already started our work as an international research
institute with an information center for medical care of
late effects of radiation. |
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