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Warrior Production Centre: The Bone Marrow
hen atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
many people exposed to the radiation released by the explo-
sions died 10 or 15 days later from internal bleeding or infection. Animal
experiments conducted to explore what happened to such casualties re-
vealed that whole-body radiation kills the generative cells in blood-form-
ing and lymphoid organs. Without the cells responsible for clotting and
for fighting invaders, the body dies. 6
The factory of these vital cells is the bone marrow. The interesting
point is that many diverse products are produced in this factory. Some of
Bone marrow
Bone section
