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Heavy charged particles produce a bystander effect via cell-cell junctions.
Uchu Seibutsu Kagaku - 1 Dec 2004
Suzuki Masao, Tsuruoka Chizuru
Abstract excerpt
Radiation-induced damage to living cells results from either a direct hit to cellular DNA, or from indirect action which leads to DNA damage from radiation produced radicals. However, in recent years there is evidence that biological effects such as cell killing, mutation induction, chromosomal damage and modification of gene expression can occur in a cell population exposed to low doses of alpha particles. In...
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