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900 MHz radiation does not induce micronucleus formation in different cell types.
Hintzsche H, Jastrow C, Kleine-Ostmann T, Schrader T, Stopper H. · 2012
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation at 900 MHz did not cause genetic damage in human cells, even in cell types previously shown sensitive to EMF effects.
Plain English Summary
German researchers exposed human cells to 900 MHz radiation (the frequency used in mobile phones) to see if it would cause micronucleus formation, a type of genetic damage where chromosomes break apart during cell division. They tested two different cell types and found no genetic damage even after extending exposure times to match a full cell cycle. This suggests that mobile phone radiation at this frequency does not cause this particular type of DNA damage in laboratory conditions.
Study Details
The aim of this study was to investigate possible consequences of these mitotic disturbances as manifest genomic damage, i.e. micronucleus induction
Cells were irradiated at a frequency of 900 MHz, which is located in one of the main frequency bands...
Both cell types did not show any genomic damage after exposure. To adapt the protocol for the micron...
In conclusion, micronucleus induction was not observed as a consequence of exposure to non-ionising radiation, even though this agent was reported to cause mitotic disturbances under similar experimental conditions.
Show BibTeX
@article{h_2012_900_mhz_radiation_does_3084,
author = {Hintzsche H and Jastrow C and Kleine-Ostmann T and Schrader T and Stopper H.},
title = {900 MHz radiation does not induce micronucleus formation in different cell types.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22416057/},
}