Extremely low frequency variable electromagnetic fields affect cancer and noncancerous cells in vitro differently: Preliminary study
- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 37 (1), 35-42
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15368378.2017.1408021
Abstract
The exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) may result in various changes at the cellular level. To identify the effect of ELF-EMF exposure on viability of cells, cancer cells (U87-MG; 143B) and noncancerous cells (BJ; HEK) in exponential growth phase were exposed or sham-exposed to different values of frequency (2, 20, 30, 50 and 60Hz), different shapes (sinusoidal, square and triangular) and time of exposure (0.5, 1, 2, 3h) to electromagnetic field. After exposure, viability of cells was detected by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT). We found a different effect of exposition of cancer and noncancerous cells to ELF-EMF on viability of cells. This preliminary study revealed that electro magentic field(EMF) might serve as a potential tool for manipulating viability of cells.Keywords
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