schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoWhat if all your DNA suddenly vanished?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkWhat if all your DNA suddenly vanished?www.youtube.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarecheat700000007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·25 days agoI was going to say without watching this: isn’t that exactly what happens with a massive dose of radiation? Your body can’t replicate cells and you just kind of disintegrate / run out of functional blood
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoSortof but in that case not all cells have had their DNA blasted away, and RNA is probably blasted too
I was going to say without watching this: isn’t that exactly what happens with a massive dose of radiation? Your body can’t replicate cells and you just kind of disintegrate / run out of functional blood
Sortof but in that case not all cells have had their DNA blasted away, and RNA is probably blasted too