title: Reply to the letter to the editor from Foray and Colin, entitled 'Relationship between radiosensitivity, initial DNA damage, apoptosis and gene expression: between reproducible works and technical artefacts': genetics are essential in the response of normal tissues to radiation.
authors.forename: Luis Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Henríquez-Hernández
authors.forename: Pedro C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lara
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000235:genetics*; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000528:radiation effects*