• Question: Do you think it is possible to reverse the effects of radiation on the human body through the use of modern medicine?

    Asked by 857drud47 to Anne, Florence, Mark, Neil, Sinead on 15 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Florence McCarthy

      Florence McCarthy answered on 15 Nov 2015:

      Not really, once dna has become significantly damaged it is very difficult to repair it.

    • Photo: Mark Collins

      Mark Collins answered on 15 Nov 2015:

      At the moment there is not, as you radiate the cells you mutate the DNA and it cannot replicate as the DNA contains the instructions on how to make a cell as soon as the radiation damages this, the cell can no longer replicate and ceases to be.

    • Photo: Sinead Balgobin

      Sinead Balgobin answered on 16 Nov 2015:

      Not with the medical technology we have available- DNA contains the information to repair itself and any affected cells, but DNA damaged by radiation often cannot repair itself, and its information can be lost.

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