DNA Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers
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Can radioactive radiation leave genetic traces that are passed on to children? Researchers have now found indications that exactly this could have happened after the Chernobyl disaster. Do sufferers have to worry?
DNA Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers
The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the children of those originally exposed, researchers have found – the first time such a transgenerational link has been clearly established.
The risk of disease associated with parental age at conception is greater than the potential risk from direct exposure.
Chernobyl’s Genetic Shadow: New Research Reveals DNA Mutations in Children of Nuclear Disaster Workers Decades Later
Nearly four decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history sent a plume of radioactive contamination across Europe, scientists are still uncovering the biological toll of Chernobyl. A new wave of research has identified DNA mutations in the children of workers who were involved in the cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, raising fresh questions about the intergenerational effects of radiation exposure and what it means for populati…
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