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		<title>The secret is manganese</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 15:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m intrigued by extremophiles - bacteria that push the limits of the survivable &#8211; and a recent research article in PLOS Biology turned up something unexpected behind the mechanism of the radiation resistance (2000x the lethal dose for humans) of Deinococcus radiodurans. Initial work assumed that it had exceptional DNA repair mechanisms, which allowed it [...]]]></description>
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