Surviving extreme radiation.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38963418.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.100219 and PMC identifier 11223764.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Tiny animals known as tardigrades use a combination of DNA repair machinery and a novel protein to mend their genome after intense ionizing radiation.
Medical subject headings
- DNA Repair