Evidence of Morphological and Physiological Transformation of Mammalian Cells by Strong Magnetic Fields
- 19 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 194 (4267), 844-846
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.982046
Abstract
Cultures of L-929 and WI-38 cells, frozen to 4.2 degrees K and exposed for 4 to 8 hours to 5000-oersted magnetic fields, were markedly inhibited in their growth as compared to controls. In cultures grown on cover slips, approximately 7 days after exposure, morphologically distinct cells emerged and were propagated from generation to generation; 3 weeks later, in flask cultures, contact inhibition was abolished. It is concluded that under certain experimental conditions, strong magnetic fields induce morphological and physiological transformations of target cells.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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