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Why irradiate mice?

Updated: 12/10/2022
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Mice are irradiated as part of animal testing meant to determine the effect of radiation on human beings. Scientists chart their reaction to the process.

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in research models, they may be irradiated to cause immunosuppression- so that there is least countereffect to the injected foreign cells and happenings can be studied.

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