ABSTRACT
N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
CHAPTER I. "YESTERDAY"
In 1954, the book by Prof. B.N. Tarusov (Biological Department, Moscow State University) "Fundamentals of Biological Action of Radioactive Radiation" [1], which caused the indelible impression on me. The author - the famous Soviet biophysicist, the biophysics cathedral leader at the Biological and Soil Department, MSU - came up with a hypothesis that the regularities of radiation disease development are cased by the induction of branched chain reaction of fat oxidation in cellular covers (membranes), which products are toxic for the cell.
