Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to C E Donaghey.
Based upon the fact that the amount of DNA doubles after each cycle, a technique was developed in which the population doubling time for cell cultures was determined from the ratio of its DNA content to [3H]thymidine incorporation under conditions in which cell numbers cannot be readily determined. This technique may be useful in determining what proportion the sample is of the total cell population.
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The field of cell kinetics relates to the movement and proliferation of cells through their generative cycle and to how this cycle is affected by chemotherapy treatment. CELLSIM is a discrete, digital simulation language for modeling this process. The language is interpretive, with the interpreter written in FORTRAN. It has been implemented on a wide variety of computer systems. The language features dynamic memory allocation, arithmetic string manipulation, and the capability of generating random variates from a number of probability distributions. The language has continued to evolve as the needs and desires of cancer researchers have been discovered. Its early use was only in experimental environments, but it is now being used to prescribe actual chemotherapy treatments.
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