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Sensitization of Radio-resistant Bacteria to X-rays by lodoacetamide

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IODOACETATE has been shown to sensitize animals1,2, cells in tissue culture3 and bacteria4 to X-rays. We have found5 using iodoacetamide that the sensitization was particularly marked with the more radio-resistant bacteria.

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DEAN, C., ALEXANDER, P. Sensitization of Radio-resistant Bacteria to X-rays by lodoacetamide. Nature 196, 1324–1326 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961324a0

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