Science News for Kids » University of Massachusetts-Amherst http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Healthier mice, through X-rays http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/healthier-mice-through-x-rays/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/healthier-mice-through-x-rays/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:55:03 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14991 Scientists found that sickly agouti mice, which carry a gene that colors their coat yellow, benefit from a small dose of radiation. These benefits were blocked by vitamins, though, turning conventional ideas about radiation and vitamins upside down. Credit: The Transgenic Core Facility

In sickly mice, small doses of radiation helped while vitamins harmed]]> Scientists found that sickly agouti mice, which carry a gene that colors their coat yellow, benefit from a small dose of radiation. These benefits were blocked by vitamins, though, turning conventional ideas about radiation and vitamins upside down. Credit: The Transgenic Core Facility

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