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PamW

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6. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Research
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 04:01 PM
Jan 2012

Latest from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science:

http://lowdose.energy.gov/

http://www.examiner.com/science-in-south-bend/dna-repair-centers-fix-low...

“Our data show that at lower doses of ionizing radiation, DNA repair mechanisms work much better than at higher doses,” says Mina Bissell, breast cancer researcher with the Life Sciences Division. “This non-linear DNA damage response casts doubt on the general assumption that any amount of ionizing radiation is harmful and additive.”

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