Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Altruistic cell suicide in relation to radiation hormesis

Altruistic cell suicide in relation to radiation hormesis.


"The hypothesis that in animals, radiation hormesis results from altruistic cell suicide is proposed. This hypothesis can explain the hormetic effect of low doses of radiation on the immune system in mice. In contrast, in plants, radiation hormesis seems to be mainly due to non-altruistic cell death."

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