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19/02/2013

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Thermal Tissue Damage Model Analyzed for Different Whole-Body SAR and Scan Durations for Standard MR Body Coils

Manuel Murbach, Esra Neufeld, Myles Capstick, Wolfgang Kainz, David O. Brunner, Theodoros Samaras, Klaas P. Pruessmann, and Niels Kuster, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 1, pp. 421-431, January 2014, online February 14, 2013

 
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18/02/2013

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Analysis of Human Brain Exposure to Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields: A Numerical Assessment of Spatially Averaged Electric Fields and Exposure Limits

Xi Lin Chen, Stefan Benkler, Nicholas Chavannes, Valerio De Santis, Jurriaan Bakker, Gerard van Rhoon, Juan Mosig, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 34, Issue 5, pp. 375-384, July 2013, February 12, 2013

 
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31/01/2013

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Influence of GSM Signals on Human Peripheral Lymphocytes: Study of Genotoxicity

Petra Waldmann, Susanne Bohnenberger, Rüdiger Greinert, Beate Hermann-Then, Anja Heselich, Stefanie J. Klug, Jochem Koenig, Kathrin Kuhr, Niels Kuster, Mandy Merker, Manuel Murbach, Dieter Pollet, Walter Schadenboeck, Ulrike Scheidemann-Wesp, Britt Schwab, Beate Volkmer, Veronika Weyer, and Maria Blettner, Radiation Research, Volume 179, Issue 4, pp. 243-253, April 2013, online January 14, 2013

 
Cell Type-Dependent Induction of DNA Damage by 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Does Not Result in Significant Cellular Dysfunctions
28/01/2013

Cell Type-Dependent Induction of DNA Damage by 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Does Not Result in Significant Cellular Dysfunctions

Shanshan Xu, Guangdi Chen, Chunjing Chen, Chuan Sun, Danying Zhang, Manuel Murbach, Niels Kuster, Qunli Zeng, and Zhengping Xu, PLoS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 1, online ahead of print January 23, 2013

This study performed at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou (China) investigated RF exposure-induced DNA damage in six cell types. The recently introduced method of immunofluorescent visualization of cH2AX (the phosphorylated form of histone H2AX) foci formation for detection of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) was applied. The IT'IS Foundation supported the study by providing the wave-guide system and the appropriate dosimetry. The applied signal corresponded to GSM-1800 MHz Basic. The study reports induced cH2AX foci formation in Chinese hamster lung (CHL) cells and human skin fibroblasts (HSFs), but not in the other cells (Sprague-Dawley rat astrocyte cells, human amniotic epithelial cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, and human lens epithelial cells) after 24h intermittent (5' on/10' off) exposure at 3 W/kg. No significant effect was found after 1h of exposure. The elevated cH2AX foci formation in HSF cells did not result in significant cellular dysfunctions.

In conclusions, the obsevation of small genotoxic effects of intermittent RF exposures on some but not all cell types are consistents with the findings of our other partners.

 
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