M S S Murthy retired as Head, Radiological Physics Division, BARC, Mumbai . His professional interests are radiation biology, radiological safety and molecular biology. He occasionally writes popular science articles in both English and Kannada. He was also the Editor of Journal of Medical Physics.

Fatty deposits clog the coronary arteries blocking blood flow to the heart muscles. This leads to coronary artery diseases. The therapeutic approach is to either provide a by-pass or clear the block by a procedure called angioplasty. However, angioplasty has a high rate of restenosis – renarrowing of the artery in due course. Scientists are looking at various options to prevent restenosis. Application of ionising radiation to the site of angioplasty is one such option.

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