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Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite-based ferromagnetic transduction mechanisms for mobile phone bioeffects.

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Cranfield C, Wieser HG, Al Madan J, Dobson J. · 2003

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Exposure to mobile phone emissions caused significantly higher cell death in magnetite-producing bacteria versus sham exposure (p = 0.037).

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Researchers tested a bacterial analogue (Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum) that produces intracellular biogenic magnetite similar to that in the human brain. Exposure to mobile phone emissions resulted in a significantly higher proportion of cell death in exposed cultures versus sham exposure (p = 0.037). The authors noted it is not yet clear whether this would extrapolate to a deleterious health effect in humans.

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The aim of this study is to Oberve Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite-based ferromagnetic transduction mechanisms for mobile phone bioeffects.

We have tested these models experimentally for the first time using a bacterial analogue (Magnetospi...

Experimental evaluation revealed that exposure to mobile phone emissions resulted in a consistent an...

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Cranfield C, Wieser HG, Al Madan J, Dobson J. (2003). Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite-based ferromagnetic transduction mechanisms for mobile phone bioeffects. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience. 2(1):40-43, 2003.
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@article{c_2003_preliminary_evaluation_of_nanoscale_1999,
  author = {Cranfield C and Wieser HG and Al Madan J and Dobson J.},
  title = {Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite-based ferromagnetic transduction mechanisms for mobile phone bioeffects.},
  year = {2003},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15382422/},
}
PubMed: 15382422

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The study aimed to evaluate nanoscale biogenic magnetite-based ferromagnetic transduction mechanisms for mobile phone bioeffects.
Researchers used Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum, a bacterium that produces intracellular biogenic magnetite similar to that in the human brain.
Exposure to mobile phone emissions resulted in a significantly higher proportion of cell death in exposed cultures compared to sham exposure (p = 0.037).
The authors stated it is not yet clear whether the observed trend toward higher cell mortality in magnetite-producing bacteria would extrapolate to a deleterious health effect in humans.
The researchers reported testing these models experimentally for the first time using the bacterial analogue.