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Measurement of DNA damage and apoptosis in molt-4 cells after in vitro exposure to radiofrequency radiation.

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Hook GJ, Zhang P, Lagroye I, Li L, Higashikubo R, Moros EG, Straube WL, Pickard WF, Baty JD, Roti Roti JL. · 2004

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Cell phone radiation showed no DNA damage or cell death in immune cells at exposure levels higher than current phone limits.

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Researchers exposed immune system cells (Molt-4 T lymphoblastoid cells) to cell phone radiation at various frequencies for up to 24 hours to test whether it causes DNA damage or triggers cell death. They found no statistically significant DNA damage or cell death compared to unexposed cells across all tested frequencies and modulation types. This suggests that cell phone radiation at these exposure levels may not directly harm cellular DNA or kill immune cells in laboratory conditions.

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To determine whether exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation can induce DNA damage or apoptosis

Molt-4 T lymphoblastoid cells were exposed with RF fields at frequencies and modulations of the type...

No statistically significant difference in the level of DNA damage or apoptosis was observed between...

Our results show that exposure of Molt-4 cells to CDMA, FDMA, iDEN or TDMA modulated RF radiation does not induce alterations in level of DNA damage or induce apoptosis.

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Hook GJ, Zhang P, Lagroye I, Li L, Higashikubo R, Moros EG, Straube WL, Pickard WF, Baty JD, Roti Roti JL. (2004). Measurement of DNA damage and apoptosis in molt-4 cells after in vitro exposure to radiofrequency radiation. Radiat Res. 161(2): 193-200, 2004.
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@article{gj_2004_measurement_of_dna_damage_2911,
  author = {Hook GJ and Zhang P and Lagroye I and Li L and Higashikubo R and Moros EG and Straube WL and Pickard WF and Baty JD and Roti Roti JL.},
  title = {Measurement of DNA damage and apoptosis in molt-4 cells after in vitro exposure to radiofrequency radiation.},
  year = {2004},
  
  url = {https://meridian.allenpress.com/radiation-research/article-abstract/161/2/193/41932/Measurement-of-DNA-Damage-and-Apoptosis-in-Molt-4},
}

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Researchers exposed immune system cells (Molt-4 T lymphoblastoid cells) to cell phone radiation at various frequencies for up to 24 hours to test whether it causes DNA damage or triggers cell death. They found no statistically significant DNA damage or cell death compared to unexposed cells across all tested frequencies and modulation types. This suggests that cell phone radiation at these exposure levels may not directly harm cellular DNA or kill immune cells in laboratory conditions.