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uh oh, looks like the soviets will be getting their mind controll soldiers after all
i never thought chernobyl would actually have such possitive side effects, im wondering if someone will dare and put some research into using radioactive materials for enhancing the human body
but then again, this could all work out into some sort of uegenics conflict without the genetic, but with radioactive modifications
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I don't think you can draw much of a conclusion from just one study, especially having no information on precisely how it was conducted. Everything I've heard about it suggests that it's very, very hard to do a good study like this with all the factors you can miss correcting for.
"You know, I have a great, wonderful, really original method of teaching antitrust law, and it kept 80 percent of the students awake. They learned things. It was fabulous." -- Justice Stephen Breyer
I can't believe I'm making a Family Guy reference, but with everyone now saying they wish they have super powers from radiation, it reminds me of the episode where the Griffens got superpowers from toxic waste, and the mayor jumped into the toxic waste and got cancer.
You won't end up brainy, you'll end up dead. But on the plus side, you'll get to see a human sized version of Mrs. Garret's breasts at your deathbead.
BaldMonk wrote:Well, if their immune systems are infact superior, then they may be able to battle cancer cells better than us "normals".
Man, it would be cool to have some kind of Mutant power that didn't disfigure you tho... like Wolvie's Claws, or something cool like that.
There's a few things to consider.
1.) They are children. That means many of them may not have had the chance to develop serious disorders or catch diseases yet.
2.) Cancer is a disease. However, it's not a viral or bacterial disease. It is thought that cancer is caused by lack of oxygen in a cell, not by viruses multiplying or bacteria attacking cells. So the 'enemy' for the immune system is simply broken down cells. Your immune system will almost never attack cancer cells; they usually die on their own.
"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is
that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." -Oscar Levant
It is thought that cancer is caused by lack of oxygen in a cell
I've never heard of this hypothesis. Have any links?
"You know, I have a great, wonderful, really original method of teaching antitrust law, and it kept 80 percent of the students awake. They learned things. It was fabulous." -- Justice Stephen Breyer
It is thought that cancer is caused by lack of oxygen in a cell
I've never heard of this hypothesis. Have any links?
No. It's one of the many things the Oncologists and Doctors told my family when my mom was dieing of cancer.
It may be that it's a possible cause, but it's certainly not the only one. Cancer is when cells reproduce pathologically. Anything that messes with the cells' reproductive mechanism can cause cancer.
woah.... Cool! 
