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Expression of the Proto-oncogene Fos after Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Relevant to Wireless Communications.

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Whitehead TD, Brownstein BH, Parry JJ, Thompson D, Cha BA, Moros EG, Rogers BE, Roti Roti JL. · 2005

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High-level cell phone radiation failed to activate cancer-related genes in lab cells, contradicting earlier findings and showing research inconsistencies.

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Researchers exposed cells to radiofrequency radiation from cell phone signals (CDMA, FDMA, and TDMA) at high absorption rates of 5-10 W/kg to see if it would activate Fos, a gene linked to cellular stress and potential cancer development. They found no significant changes in Fos expression compared to unexposed cells, failing to confirm an earlier study that had reported such effects. This suggests that RF radiation at these levels may not trigger this particular cellular stress response.

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The aim of this study is to investigate Expression of the Proto-oncogene Fos after Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Relevant to Wireless Communications.

In this study the expression levels of the proto-oncogene Fos were measured after exposure to radiof...

Expression of Fos mRNA in C3H 10T(1/2) cells was not significantly different from that found after s...

Therefore, the results of Goswami et al. could not be confirmed.

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Whitehead TD, Brownstein BH, Parry JJ, Thompson D, Cha BA, Moros EG, Rogers BE, Roti Roti JL. (2005). Expression of the Proto-oncogene Fos after Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Relevant to Wireless Communications. Radiat Res. 164(4):420-430, 2005.
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@article{td_2005_expression_of_the_protooncogene_3488,
  author = {Whitehead TD and Brownstein BH and Parry JJ and Thompson D and Cha BA and Moros EG and Rogers BE and Roti Roti JL.},
  title = {Expression of the Proto-oncogene Fos after Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Relevant to Wireless Communications.},
  year = {2005},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16187744/},
}

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Researchers exposed cells to radiofrequency radiation from cell phone signals (CDMA, FDMA, and TDMA) at high absorption rates of 5-10 W/kg to see if it would activate Fos, a gene linked to cellular stress and potential cancer development. They found no significant changes in Fos expression compared to unexposed cells, failing to confirm an earlier study that had reported such effects. This suggests that RF radiation at these levels may not trigger this particular cellular stress response.