Pulsed GHz Radiofrequency Alters Gene Expression In Human Cells

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Scientists have exposed cultured human cells to pulsed Radio Frequency Fields similar to those used in cell phones and other communications applications and found that exposure alters gene expression in these cells.

"We observed that 221 genes altered their expression after a 2-h exposure. The number of affected genes increased to 759 after a 6-h exposure. Functional classification of the affected genes reveals that apoptosis-related genes were among the upregulated ones and the cell cycle genes among the downregulated ones. We observed no significant increase in the expression of heat shock genes. These results indicate that the RF fields at 2.45GHz can alter gene expression in cultured human cells through non-thermal mechanism."

From Omega News.

 

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posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Saturday September 10 2005
updated on Saturday September 24 2005

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