Chemists found a new way with which radiation can damage DNA

Scientists found out that the chain reactions started by ionizing radiation, can be much more harmful, than was considered. Corresponding statyaopublikovana in Nauchny zhurnal Nature Chemistry. Still scientists assumed that ionizing radiation damages biomolecules generally indirectly. High-energy radiation ionizes water of which the cage generally consists and which surrounds biomolecules, including DNA. The ionized molecules of water, especially hydroxide ions, then damage DNA. But if the electron of which beta radiation consists, or gamma quantum really gets in...