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Mammals are exquisitely sensitive to radiation, more so than birds and fish or reptiles. but the bottom line is we don't know. we're concerned about the impact of the animals locally there now and then potentially down the road here, the impact on animals globally. >> tell us in the short term, are we going to see the dolphins or some of the sea life, are they going to die? are we going to see them floating to the surface? or is this more of a long-term impact? will we see immediate effects of this radiation? >> well, there are two effects of radiation. radiation sickness is based upon the dos...

System to attack cells. >> it won't work on every cbm patient, but one who makes a particular protein. >> unlike chemotherapy, which really hurts all dividing cells in the body, or radiation, the immune system can be precise, so we get a tumor-specific attack with very low toxicity. >> reporter: which means the patients don't get as sick. now a shot, a painful one every month, but look at the results. we were able to pay her another visit a full year later. remember, most patients don't live that long. >> it's been about a year and a half, as long as the vaccine works, i'll be getting the mont...

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