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Effect of cell phone-like electromagnetic radiation on primary human thyroid cells.
Silva V, Hilly O, Strenov Y, Tzabari C, Hauptman Y, Feinmesser R · 2016
View Original AbstractLab study found no cancer-promoting effects of cell phone radiation on human thyroid cells, but limitations prevent definitive safety conclusions.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human thyroid cells from surgical patients to cell phone-like radiofrequency radiation and tested for cancer-related changes. They found no effects on cell growth markers, DNA damage indicators, or stress proteins that typically signal cellular harm. The study suggests that under these specific conditions, cell phone radiation did not trigger cancer-promoting changes in thyroid cells.
Study Details
To evaluate the potential carcinogenic effects of radiofrequency energy (RFE) emitted by cell phones on human thyroid primary cells.
Primary thyroid cell culture was prepared from normal thyroid tissue obtained from patients who unde...
Our cells highly expressed thyroglobulin (Tg) and sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) confirming the origi...
Our conditions of RFE exposure seem to have no potential carcinogenic effect on human thyroid cells. Moreover, common biomarkers usually associated to environmental stress also remained unchanged. We failed to find an association between cell phone-RFE and thyroid cancer. Additional studies are recommended.
Show BibTeX
@article{v_2016_effect_of_cell_phonelike_3401,
author = {Silva V and Hilly O and Strenov Y and Tzabari C and Hauptman Y and Feinmesser R},
title = {Effect of cell phone-like electromagnetic radiation on primary human thyroid cells.},
year = {2016},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26689947/},
}