Mobile-phone Radiation-induced Perturbation of Gene-expression Profiling, Redox Equilibrium and Sporadic-apoptosis Control in the Ovary of Drosophila melanogaster.
Manta AK, Papadopoulou D, Polyzos AP, Fragopoulou AF, Skouroliakou AS, Thanos D, Stravopodis DJ, Margaritis LH. · 2017
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation triggered genetic disruption and doubled reproductive cell death in just 30 minutes at exposure levels below current safety limits.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed fruit flies to mobile phone radiation for just 30 minutes and found significant biological disruptions in their ovaries. The exposure caused a 60% increase in harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species, altered the activity of 168 genes, and doubled the rate of cell death in reproductive tissue. These findings suggest that even brief exposure to cell phone radiation can trigger cellular stress and damage reproductive cells.
Why This Matters
This study reveals how quickly and comprehensively mobile phone radiation can disrupt biological systems, even at the relatively low SAR of 0.15 W/kg - well below the 1.6 W/kg limit for phones in the US. The cascade of effects the researchers documented is particularly concerning: immediate oxidative stress, followed by widespread genetic reprogramming, culminating in increased cell death in reproductive tissue. While this was conducted in fruit flies, the fundamental cellular processes affected - DNA expression, oxidative balance, and programmed cell death - are shared across species. The science demonstrates that EMF exposure triggers what the researchers called 'cytopathic mechanisms' that alter 'fundamental genetic programs.' What this means for you is that the biological impact of mobile phone radiation extends far beyond heating effects, affecting the very machinery that controls cellular function and survival.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.15 W/kg
- Exposure Duration
- 30 min
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
The aim of this study is to observe Mobile-phone Radiation-induced Perturbation of Gene-expression Profiling, Redox Equilibrium and Sporadic-apoptosis Control in the Ovary of Drosophila melanogaster.
Drosophila melanogaster four days-old adult female flies were exposed for 30 min to radiation emitte...
ROS cellular contents were found to increase by 1.6-fold (x), immediately after the end of exposure,...
This unique type of pulsed radiation, mainly being derived from daily used mobile phones, seems capable of mobilizing critical cytopathic mechanisms, and altering fundamental genetic programs and networks in D. melanogaster
Show BibTeX
@article{ak_2017_mobilephone_radiationinduced_perturbation_of_548,
author = {Manta AK and Papadopoulou D and Polyzos AP and Fragopoulou AF and Skouroliakou AS and Thanos D and Stravopodis DJ and Margaritis LH.},
title = {Mobile-phone Radiation-induced Perturbation of Gene-expression Profiling, Redox Equilibrium and Sporadic-apoptosis Control in the Ovary of Drosophila melanogaster.},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1080/19336934.2016.1270487},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19336934.2016.1270487},
}