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The existence of transgenerational effects of radiation exposure on the human germline remains controversial. Evidence for transgenerational biomarkers are of particular interest for populations, who ...

Solar system exploration is a grand endeavour of humankind. Space agencies have been planning crewed missions to the Moon and Mars for several decades. However, several environmental stress factors in ...

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Radiotherapy is a key foundation of oncologic treatment that is used across the spectrum of cancer indications. Advances in imaging, treatment planning, and dose delivery have led to increasingly ...

Working alongside Poepping, physics and astronomy professor Eugene Wong studies how humans, organs, tissues and cells respond to radiotherapy. Exposing these organs and organoids-on-chip to radiation ...

As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms. When you purchase ...