Source link A team of American researchers has found that the DNA of a common worm species appears to be immune to damage from chronic radiation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The area has been off-limits to humans since the 1986 nuclear power plant meltdown. New York University (NYU) biology Professor Matthew Rockman and postdoctoral […]
Source link Scientists hope the findings can help identify protective mutations and increase the odds for humans to survive cancer Wolves in the irradiated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed resistance to cancer, research which may help fight the disease in humans has shown. Biologists from Princeton University found that wolves are exposed to over 11 […]