BioengineeringEcotoxicology and Environmental SafetyPeer-reviewed
Nicotine interacts with DNA lesions induced by alpha radiation which may contribute to erroneous repair in human lung epithelial cells
Nadia Boroumand, Carol Baghdissar, Karine Elihn, Lovisa Lundholm
This study shows nicotine accelerates but makes DNA repair more error-prone in human lung cells exposed to alpha radiation, potentially increasing genomic instability.
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