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Japan-US research group to conduct genome analysis of 1st, 2nd gen. A-bomb survivors
April 26, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This Nov. 3, 2020 photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the area surrounding Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the city s Naka Ward. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) HIROSHIMA A joint Japan-U.S. research organization which tracks the effects of radiation on atomic bomb survivors has announced that it will analyze the genomes of first- and second-generation hibakusha, or people affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), based in the two cities, announced the latest results of its analysis of a survey of birth disorders among second-generation hibakusha in an April 16 online press conference. RERF chair Ohtsura Niwa said, This is necessary to clarify whether they (birth defects) are due to genetic factors.