The Auger Effect in biology and medicine. Looking back

Abstract

Purpose: The Auger Effect entered biology in 1967 in a quantal step leading to a burst of experimental work on basic and applied cell- and molecular biology and medicine, which is briefly described.

Conclusion: The relevance of this work again appears in the agenda of the 7th International Symposium on Physical, Cellular, Molecular and Medical Aspects of Auger Processes, held in Jülich, Germany, in 2011.