The Radiation Bystander Effect and its Potential Implications for Human Health

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A long-held dogma in radiation biology has been that the biological effects of exposure to ionizing radiation occur as a result of damage in directly irradiated cells and that no effect would occur in neighboring unirradiated cells. This paradigm has been frequently challenged by reports of radiation effects in unirradiated or 'bystander' cells receiving signals from directly irradiated cells, an issue that may...

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