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- noun Any form of
resistance that anorganism has to protect itself against the harmful effects ofionizing radiation
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Examples
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An organism with this kind of radioresistance might conceivably survive nuclear warfare — and some biologists have even suggested that an ancestor of this organism might have evolved in the radioactive environment of outer space.
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Here we propose that the radioresistance tolerance to ionizing radiation observed in several terrestrial bacteria has a martian origin.
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Multiple inconsistencies with the current view of radioresistance as an accidental side effect of tolerance to desiccation are discussed.
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However, radioresistance occurs in nearly 30% of patients treated with potentially curative doses.
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The radioresistance of the brain vascular network to spatially fractionated irradiations may explain the tissue tolerance to very high radiation doses.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Raphaël Serduc et al. 2010
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Due to the radioresistance of normal brain vasculature to MRT, a continuous blood supply can be maintained which would in part explain the surprising tolerance of normal tissues to very high radiation doses (hundreds of Gy).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Raphaël Serduc et al. 2010
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"The defective checkpoints contribute to radioresistance," says Pandita, associate professor of radiation oncology and of genetics.
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Between 2000 and 2002, Fox Chase research colleagues published six research papers detailing the link between tumor hypoxia, radioresistance, and the risk of increased PSA levels.
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Since the wnt/β-catenin signaling has been postulated to promote radioresistance of mammary epithelial stem cells
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Payel Bhanja et al. 2009
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Previous work from our lab has shown that gain of Nrf2 activity in lung tumor cells confers chemo and radioresistance due to mutation in its inhibitor, Keap1.
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