Titova and colleagues have found evidence that intense, picosecond-duration pulses of terahertz radiation can actually cause DNA strands to break in human skin cells.

''Any agent that causes DNA damage has potential applications in cancer therapy,'' explains Titova.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/mar/22/intense-terahertz-pulses-cause-dna-damage-and-repair


Sylvie


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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