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Effect of millimeter wave radiation on catalase activity.

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Logani MK, Agelan A, Ziskin MC. · 2002

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Millimeter wave radiation at 42.2 GHz showed no effect on protective enzymes, even at power levels 300 times higher than cell phone limits.

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Researchers exposed mice to high-intensity millimeter wave radiation at 42.2 GHz to test whether it could protect an enzyme called catalase from damage caused by chemotherapy drugs. The radiation, delivered at power levels about 1,000 times higher than typical cell phone exposure, showed no protective effect on the enzyme. This suggests that millimeter waves at these frequencies don't provide the cellular protection some researchers had hoped to find.

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In order to understand the mechanisms involved in this reduction, the effect of millimeter electromagnetic waves (MWs) on catalase activity was examined in mouse blood

SKH-1 hairless mice were irradiated on their midbacks with 42.2±0.2 GHz millimeter waves. The incide...

The sham control groups were treated in a similar manner, but not irradiated. MW irradiation, before...

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Logani MK, Agelan A, Ziskin MC. (2002). Effect of millimeter wave radiation on catalase activity. Electromag Biol Med 21:303-308, 2002.
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@article{mk_2002_effect_of_millimeter_wave_3206,
  author = {Logani MK and Agelan A and Ziskin MC.},
  title = {Effect of millimeter wave radiation on catalase activity.},
  year = {2002},
  doi = {10.1081/JBC-120016009},
  url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/JBC-120016009},
}

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Researchers exposed mice to high-intensity millimeter wave radiation at 42.2 GHz to test whether it could protect an enzyme called catalase from damage caused by chemotherapy drugs. The radiation, delivered at power levels about 1,000 times higher than typical cell phone exposure, showed no protective effect on the enzyme. This suggests that millimeter waves at these frequencies don't provide the cellular protection some researchers had hoped to find.