Douglas Lea

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Douglas Lea
Born(1910-02-08)8 February 1910
Liverpool, England
Died16 June 1947(1947-06-16) (aged 37)

Douglas Edward Lea was an experimental physicist working primarily in the field of radiobiology. He started working at the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1930s, and in time moved from nuclear physics to focus on biology.[1] His influential book, The Actions of Radiation of Living Cells, was published in 1946, the year before he died in a car accident.[2][3] Lea was a major contributor to the target theory of cell death caused by ionising radiation.[4][5]

A memorial lecture in his name has been given biennially since 1948.[6] He was a close friend of fellow radiobiology pioneer, Louis Harold Gray.[7]

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  1. ^ Hall, E J (1 May 1976). "Radiation and the single cell: the physicist's contribution to radiobiology". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 21 (3): 347–359. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/21/3/001. PMID 819945. S2CID 30411960.
  2. ^ Gray, L H (August 1947). "Douglas E. Lea, M.A., Ph.D.". The British Journal of Radiology. 20 (236): 335–337. doi:10.1259/0007-1285-20-236-335-b.
  3. ^ "1940s radiobiology". British Institute of Radiology. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ Chapman, J.D. (April 2007). "Target Theory Revisited: Why Physicists are Essential for Radiobiology Research". Clinical Oncology. 19 (3): S12. doi:10.1016/j.clon.2007.01.311.
  5. ^ Bodgi, Larry; Canet, Aurélien; Pujo-Menjouet, Laurent; Lesne, Annick; Victor, Jean-Marc; Foray, Nicolas (April 2016). "Mathematical models of radiation action on living cells: From the target theory to the modern approaches. A historical and critical review" (PDF). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 394: 93–101. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.018. PMID 26807808.
  6. ^ "Douglas Lea Lecture". IPEM. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ Yamasaki, Michio (16 January 2010). Translated by Nobuyuki Hamada and Mio Morimoto. "The Life of Louis Harold Gray". Journal of Radiation Research. 51 (Suppl). ISSN 0449-3060.
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