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Effect of microwave radiation on permeability of liposomes. Evidence against non-thermal leakage.
Bergqvist B, Arvidsson L, Pettersson E, Galt S, Saalman E, Hamnerius Y, Norden B, · 1994
View Original AbstractMicrowave radiation at 2.45 GHz caused no membrane damage beyond normal heating effects in this controlled laboratory study.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed artificial cell membranes (liposomes) to 2.45 GHz microwave radiation - the same frequency used in microwave ovens and WiFi - to see if the radiation could make cell membranes leak. They found that microwave exposure caused no additional membrane damage beyond what normal heating would cause, contradicting an earlier study that suggested microwaves had special non-thermal effects on cell membranes.
Study Details
The effect of 2.45 GHz microwave radiation on the permeability of unilamellar phosphatidylcholine liposomes has been studied.
Leakage of 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein from the liposomes was measured using spectrofluorimetry after ex...
The microwave exposure did not result in any non-thermal increase in permeability above that produce...
The refined analysis in the present study shows that this increased liposome permeability was not a non-thermal microwave effect.
Show BibTeX
@article{b_1994_effect_of_microwave_radiation_2952,
author = {Bergqvist B and Arvidsson L and Pettersson E and Galt S and Saalman E and Hamnerius Y and Norden B and},
title = {Effect of microwave radiation on permeability of liposomes. Evidence against non-thermal leakage.},
year = {1994},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7918582/},
}