X-ray-Free Electron Laser Reveals Radiosensitizing Effects at Molecular Level (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

X-ray-Free Electron Laser Reveals Radiosensitizing Effects at Molecular Level

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Scientists have illustrated how the 5-iodouracil molecule (center) -- a nucleobase analogue that forms ribonucleic acid (brown) known as a radiosensitizer -- breaks apart shortly after X-ray radiation (blue light), resulting in the local production of 'radiation soup.'

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Kiyonobu Nagaya, Department of Physics, Kyoto University

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