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What if all your DNA suddenly vanished? (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago

Sortof but in that case not all cells have had their DNA blasted away, and RNA is probably blasted too