Jenny P.Y. Ting, PhD (IMAGE)

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jenny P.Y. Ting, PhD

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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's Jenny P.Y. Ting, PhD, and colleagues report in Science that mice exposed to potentially lethal levels of total body radiation were protected from radiation damage if they had specific types of bacteria in their gut.

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