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Effect of radiofrequency radiation on mRNA expression in cultured rodent cells.

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Parker JE, Kiel JL, Winters WD · 1988

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High-power microwave radiation showed no immediate gene expression changes in lab cells, but this doesn't address long-term effects from typical device exposure.

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Researchers exposed four types of rodent cells to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency as microwave ovens) at very high power levels to see if it would change how genes are expressed. They found no significant differences in gene activity between exposed and unexposed cells, even when testing genes related to cancer development and cellular stress responses.

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To study the effect of radiofrequency radiation on mRNA expression in cultured rodent cells

Four rodent cell lines were exposed to 2450 MHz microwave radiation at a Specific Absorption Rate (S...

With the cell lines and probes used in this study no significant differences in mRNA expression were...

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Parker JE, Kiel JL, Winters WD (1988). Effect of radiofrequency radiation on mRNA expression in cultured rodent cells. Physiol Chem Phys Med NMR 20(2):129-134, 1988. .
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@article{je_1988_effect_of_radiofrequency_radiation_3298,
  author = {Parker JE and Kiel JL and Winters WD},
  title = {Effect of radiofrequency radiation on mRNA expression in cultured rodent cells.},
  year = {1988},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3222348/},
}

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Researchers exposed four types of rodent cells to 2450 MHz microwave radiation (the same frequency as microwave ovens) at very high power levels to see if it would change how genes are expressed. They found no significant differences in gene activity between exposed and unexposed cells, even when testing genes related to cancer development and cellular stress responses.