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Dariusz Leszczynski1, Reetta Nylund, Sakari Joenväärä
1Bio-NIR Research Group at the Radiobiology Laboratory, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland. dariusz.leszczynski@stuk.fi
Abstract:
We argue that the use of high-throughput screening techniques, although expensive and laborious, is justified and necessary in studies that examine biological effects of mobile phone radiation. The "case of hsp27 protein" presented here suggests that even proteins with only modestly altered (by exposure to mobile phone radiation) expression and activity might have an impact on cell physiology. However, this short communication does not attempt to present the full scientific evidence that is far too large to be presented in a single article and that is being prepared for publication in three separate research articles. Examples of the experimental evidence presented here were designed to show the flow of experimental process demonstrating that the use of high-throughput screening techniques might help in rapid identification of the responding proteins. This, in turn, can help in speeding up of the process of determining whether these changes might affect human health.*
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