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How long would you survive with no DNA?
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But RNA would still be there, right? Definitely not enough to save the day, but at least you would have some borrowed time.
A quick death is preferable. Just ask Hisashi Ouchi, a victim of severe irradiation who was kept alive in agonizing pain for nearly three months as his body decayed around him.
Would you have bleach for my eyeballs by any chance ?
I was thinking about that case too. There was also plenty of cellular damage, which obviously made everything a lot more painful, but probably also faster. If all DNA just vanished, cell replication would stop. I think the zombie phase could last surprisingly long.
yeah but that's not only dna damage.
It only takes DNA damage. If your cells cannot reproduce, you are doomed to die nearly the same way.