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FOLLOWING the important observation of Howard-Flanders1 that the presence of a low concentration of nitric oxide in the medium in which bacteria are suspended at the time of irradiation confers a level of radiosensitivity comparable with that of an equal concentration of dissolved oxygen, we have investigated the effects of nitric oxide on the radiosensitivity of tumour cells.
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GRAY, L., GREEN, F. & HAWES, C. Effect of Nitric Oxide on the Radio-sensitivity of Tumour Cells. Nature 182, 952–953 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182952a0
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