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Radiation is used in both good and bad ways. Radiation can be used in treatments to eliminate or aid the reduction of tumors and what not. However, it can also be used to cause great harm and illness to others, but what if there was a way to become immune to that kind of radiation. Well as of recently, scientists have discovered how the toughest known bacterium protects itself from amounts of radiation far beyond the deadly limit for humans. The Deinococcus radiodurans have small complexes of manganese and other substances that slurp up the dangerous chemicals caused by radiation exposure.
Such a discovery can be considered as discovery science because the scientists had gathered information (facts) and then used them to go about and discover the bacteria. This discovery is immensely important for humans because it can give way to new cures against radiation, new weapons and or defenses for radiation.
Author: Laura Sanders
Title: Superbug secret revealed
Journal: Science News
Journal Web Page: www.sciencenews.org
Date Published: September 25, 2010
Page: 9
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