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International Journal of Radiation Biology Volume 56, 1989 - Issue 6
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Original Article

Responses of Two Mammalian Cell Lines to Low Gamma-ray Doses

J. Calkins Department of Biomedical Physics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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M. Einspenner Biomedical Statistics and Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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D. Blocher Department of Biomedical Physics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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W. Greer Biomedical Statistics and Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Pages 869-875 | Received 16 Jan 1989, Accepted 30 Jun 1989, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 
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Summary

We have observed that low gamma-ray doses regularly improve the survival (plating efficiency) above that of unirradiated control cultures, which we postulate could arise through inducible DNA repair, and would have profound effects on the interpretation of cell culture experiments.

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