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Radiation's outer limits

Nature Medicine volume 11, pages 477–478 (2005)Cite this article

Some types of tumors respond well to radiation therapy, whereas others are refractory to treatment. The molecular underpinnings of these differences are now coming to light (pages 484–490).

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Figure 1: The radiation response of stem cells in the intestine.

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