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If the problem of retroviral infection is, like for example HIV, viral DNA segment integration in human DNA of immune system cells, why cannot be the same or similar method as used in treatment of patients with leukemia or blood cancers be applied here? What is preventing this? Couldn't infected...

In case of so called "internal conversion" (transition between states of the same nucleus), if I understand this correctly, an excited nucleus transfers energy to orbital electron and ejects it. I don't know tough, if this happens in any of decay modes of unstable radioactive isotopes. Also...

Hello. Is there a way of telling from which electron orbital of unstable radioactive isotope an electron will be emmitted (if we take for example that decay mode includes electron emmission)? Because different atoms have different electron orbital configurations (1s, 2p, ..) and there can...