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Microwave exposure of neuronal cells in vitro: Study of apoptosis.

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Joubert V, Leveque P, Rametti A, Collin A, Bourthoumieu S, Yardin C. · 2006

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Cell phone radiation at typical exposure levels did not kill brain cells in this 24-hour laboratory study.

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French researchers exposed human brain cells to cell phone radiation at 900 MHz for 24 hours to see if it would trigger cell death (apoptosis). They tested two exposure levels - one mimicking typical phone use and another eight times higher. The study found no increase in brain cell death at either exposure level, suggesting that 24-hour exposure to cell phone radiation does not kill these particular brain cells.

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The aim of this study was to investigate microwave (MW) effects on neuronal apoptosis in vitro.

Human neuroblastoma cells SH-SY5Y were exposed to a 900 MHz global system for mobile communication (...

No statistically significant difference in the apoptosis rate was observed between sham and 24 h MW-...

These results showed that, under the conditions of the present experiment, MW-exposure (either CW or GSM-900) does not significantly increase the apoptosis rate in the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y.

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Joubert V, Leveque P, Rametti A, Collin A, Bourthoumieu S, Yardin C. (2006). Microwave exposure of neuronal cells in vitro: Study of apoptosis. Int J Radiat Biol. 82(4):267-275, 2006.
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@article{v_2006_microwave_exposure_of_neuronal_3121,
  author = {Joubert V and Leveque P and Rametti A and Collin A and Bourthoumieu S and Yardin C.},
  title = {Microwave exposure of neuronal cells in vitro: Study of apoptosis.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16690594/},
}

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French researchers exposed human brain cells to cell phone radiation at 900 MHz for 24 hours to see if it would trigger cell death (apoptosis). They tested two exposure levels - one mimicking typical phone use and another eight times higher. The study found no increase in brain cell death at either exposure level, suggesting that 24-hour exposure to cell phone radiation does not kill these particular brain cells.