Thomas Hauser

Robert Peter Gale

A doctor at the site of the explosion of the Unit 4 nuclear reactor at Chernobyl discusses the tragedy, the diseases it will trigger, the environmental damage caused on a global scale and the hope it offers for a safer world

The Legacy of Chernobyl

Final Warning

"A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet, and without radiation there would be no life here. While radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now, Dr. Robert Peter Gale--one of the world's leading experts on radiation--and Eric Lax set the record straight, correcting myths and establishing facts with an exceptional depth of knowledge and the ability to impart that knowledge in an impartial, lucid and compelling manner. Demystifying society's trigger words for anxiety--Uranium, Plutonium, Iodine-131, X-ray, CT scan, radiation of food--the authors explore the science, benefits, and risks of radiation exposure, drawing on the most up-to-date research and on Gale's extensive experience treating victims of radiation accidents around the globe. Here is an illuminating and essential guide to our post-Chernobyl, post-Fukushima world"--Provided by publisher.

what it is, what you need to know

Radiation

The heroic American doctor who performed emergency bone marrow transplants for the victims of Chernobyl offers an inspirational message of hope for a world with the possibility of nuclear disaster.

Richard Champlin

This volume combines basic biology and the clinical aspects of bone marrow transplants to offer a critical review of the field. The greater frequency of bone marrow transplants reflects their increasingly successful outcome and the intensive interest of basic and clinical scientists in this procedure. One of the many areas covered in this text is the use of alternative donors.

Proceedings of a Sandoz-UCLA Symposium Held in Keystone, Colorado, January 20-27, 1990

New Strategies in Bone Marrow Transplantation

C. Fred Fox

Frances J.. Stusser

Proceedings of the 1980 ICN-UCLA Symposia on Biology of Bone Marrow Transplantation Held in Keystone, Colorado, February 17-21, 1980

Biology of Bone Marrow Transplantation

Christopher A. Juttner

Philippe Henon

Blood derived stem cells are used increasingly to treat cancer. This book examines the latest information in this new and rapidly emerging field and assesses its future therapeutic role. The readable and well structured text opens with an overview of the concepts behind and advantages of blood stem cell transplants. Detailed concepts of their use are later expanded upon and critically reviewed by experts. Among the important issues discussed are hematopoietic recovery, tumor contamination and recent techniques to purify stem cells. Clinical trial data follow including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and breast cancer. The final chapter evaluates progress in the use of blood stem cells and points to future research and clinical directions. This is a timely and comprehensive review of the current techniques in blood stem cell transplantation and will be welcomed by transplant physicians, oncologists, haematologists and research scientists alike.

Blood Stem Cell Transplants

On April 26, 1986, at 1:30 A.M., an explosion ripped through the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine. Thirty-four years later, it remains the worst nuclear accident in history. Six days later, Dr. Robert Peter Gale received an urgent telephone call from Soviet authorities asking for help. Within hours, he was assembling an unprecedented airlift that would transport expert medical personnel and sophisticated medical equipment to Moscow in a desperate attempt to save lives. Chernobyl: The Final Warning, written with Thomas Hauser, tells the full story of this historic journey. Chernobyl is a moving eyewitness portrait that takes readers from the inner sanctums of Soviet hospitals to the devastated reactor itself. It recreates the drama of international diplomacy - in the limelight and behind the scenes - in a dramatic struggle against death. Dr. Gale recounts his meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other key political figures of that era in an eye-opening account of the intrigue and competition between the United States and Soviet Union. There's a penetrating analysis of the nature of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, their development, and the role they will play in our future. Chernobyl: The Final Warning has been adapted into a much-admired movie starring Jon Voight and Jason Robards. Its message is cold, bleak, and urgent but also a message of hope. NEW! Afterward written in 2020, 34 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

Robert Peter Gale

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