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Whole-body exposure of radiation emitted from 900 MHz mobile phones does not seem to affect the levels of anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein.
Yilmaz F, Dasdag S, Akdag MZ, Kilinc N · 2008
View Original AbstractThis study found no changes in cell death proteins after 20 minutes of daily cell phone radiation exposure in rats.
Plain English Summary
Turkish researchers exposed rats to radiation from 900 MHz cell phones for 20 minutes daily over one month to see if it affected bcl-2, a protein that helps prevent cell death in the brain and reproductive organs. They found no changes in bcl-2 levels in either brain or testicular tissue. This suggests that at least for this specific protein marker, short-term cell phone radiation exposure may not trigger cellular death pathways in these organs.
Study Details
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein in rat brain and testes after whole-body exposure to radiation emitted from 900 MHz cellular phones.
Two groups (sham and experimental) of Sprague-Dawley rats of eight rats each were used in the study....
The results of this study showed that 20 min of the radiation emitted from 900 MHz cellular phones d...
We speculate that bcl-2 may not be involved in the effects of radiation on the brain and testes of rats.
Show BibTeX
@article{f_2008_wholebody_exposure_of_radiation_2820,
author = {Yilmaz F and Dasdag S and Akdag MZ and Kilinc N},
title = {Whole-body exposure of radiation emitted from 900 MHz mobile phones does not seem to affect the levels of anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein.},
year = {2008},
doi = {10.1080/15368370701878978},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15368370701878978},
}