Abstract
IN experiments on the effects of radiation on the process of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in mammalian cells it was noted that, in some systems, apparent ‘radiosensitivity’ of the synthetic process varied with the amount of isotopic ‘label’ administered.
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HELL, E., BERRY, R. & LAJTHA, L. A Pitfall in High Specific Activity Tracer Studies. Nature 185, 47 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185047a0
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