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. 2003 Jun;29(2-3):171-6.
doi: 10.1023/A:1024440708943.

THz Exposure of Whole Blood for the Study of Biological Effects on Human Lymphocytes

M R Scarfì  1 , M Romanò, R Di Pietro, O Zeni, A Doria, G P Gallerano, E Giovenale, G Messina, A Lai, G Campurra, D Coniglio, M D'Arienzo
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THz Exposure of Whole Blood for the Study of Biological Effects on Human Lymphocytes

M R Scarfì et al. J Biol Phys. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

The aim of the present study is toinvestigate the genotoxic effect of THzradiation in human peripheral bloodlymphocytes following 20 minutes exposureto 1 mW average power Free Electron Laserradiation in the frequency range 120-140GHz. For this purpose 9 healthy donors wereemployed and cytokinesis block techniquewas applied to study micronucleusfrequency and cell proliferation. Theresults obtained indicate that all theelectromagnetic conditions adopted so far do not alter the investigated parameters,suggesting absence of direct chromosomaldamage and alteration of cell cyclekinetics (two tailed paired Student's test:p> 0.05 in all cases).

Keywords: Cell proliferation; THz radiation; genotoxic effects; human lymphocytes; micronuclei.

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