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Extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields at low power density do not affect the division of exponential phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.

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Gos, P, Eicher, B, Kohli, J, Heyer, WD · 1997

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Well-controlled study found no effects on yeast cell division from 41.7 GHz EMF at low power densities, contradicting previous positive findings.

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Researchers exposed yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields around 41.7 GHz at very low power levels to see if the radiation affected how quickly the cells divided. After careful testing with proper controls, they found no significant differences in cell division rates between exposed and unexposed yeast. This contradicts some earlier studies that claimed to find biological effects from similar EMF exposures.

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The aim of this study is to Investigate Extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields at low power density do not affect the division of exponential phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.

Exponentially growing cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were exposed to electromagnetic fi...

Control experiments showed that the cells were dividing at submaximal rates, ensuring the possibilit...

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Gos, P, Eicher, B, Kohli, J, Heyer, WD (1997). Extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields at low power density do not affect the division of exponential phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. Bioelectromagnetics 18(2):142-155, 1997.
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@article{gos_1997_extremely_high_frequency_electromagnetic_3044,
  author = {Gos and P and Eicher and B and Kohli and J and Heyer and WD},
  title = {Extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields at low power density do not affect the division of exponential phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.},
  year = {1997},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9084865/},
}

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Researchers exposed yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields around 41.7 GHz at very low power levels to see if the radiation affected how quickly the cells divided. After careful testing with proper controls, they found no significant differences in cell division rates between exposed and unexposed yeast. This contradicts some earlier studies that claimed to find biological effects from similar EMF exposures.