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Analysis of gene expression in two human-derived cell lines exposed in vitro to a 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field.

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Chauhan V, Qutob SS, Lui S, Mariampillai A, Bellier PV, Yauk CL, Douglas GR, Williams A, McNamee JP. · 2007

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Human cells showed no genetic changes from cell phone-frequency radiation at levels up to 10 W/kg, well above typical phone use.

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Canadian researchers exposed two types of human cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation (similar to cell phone signals) for up to 24 hours at power levels ranging from very low to high. They found no changes in gene expression - meaning the RF exposure didn't turn genes on or off differently than unexposed cells. However, when they heated the same cells to 43°C (109°F) for comparison, multiple heat-shock genes activated as expected.

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We have now examined the effect of RF field exposure on the possible expression of late onset genes in U87MG cells after a 24 h RF exposure period.

In addition, a human monocyte-derived cell-line (Mono-Mac-6, MM6) was exposed to intermittent (5 min...

In support of our previous results, we found no evidence that nonthermal RF field exposure could alt...

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Chauhan V, Qutob SS, Lui S, Mariampillai A, Bellier PV, Yauk CL, Douglas GR, Williams A, McNamee JP. (2007). Analysis of gene expression in two human-derived cell lines exposed in vitro to a 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field. Proteomics. 7(21):3896-3905, 2007.
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@article{v_2007_analysis_of_gene_expression_2971,
  author = {Chauhan V and Qutob SS and Lui S and Mariampillai A and Bellier PV and Yauk CL and Douglas GR and Williams A and McNamee JP.},
  title = {Analysis of gene expression in two human-derived cell lines exposed in vitro to a 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field.},
  year = {2007},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17902192/},
}

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Canadian researchers exposed two types of human cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation (similar to cell phone signals) for up to 24 hours at power levels ranging from very low to high. They found no changes in gene expression - meaning the RF exposure didn't turn genes on or off differently than unexposed cells. However, when they heated the same cells to 43°C (109°F) for comparison, multiple heat-shock genes activated as expected.