Paul Héroux has a problem. He believes he has identified a way to control the growth of cancer cells, but he can't get his ideas into print. "We think we have the Rosetta Stone that will allow us to unravel the intricacies of cancer physiology," says Héroux, a professor at McGill University in Montreal. Yet, one scientific journal after another has refused to publish what he has found.
Part of Héroux's problem is that his argument is based on an even more controversial proposition than a possible cure for cancer: That extremely weak magnetic fields can bring about major changes in DNA. That is a tough sell. Héroux ups the ante another notch by claiming to show that those changes are so easy to spot that you don't need hi-tech instruments to see them, just a standard issue microscope. All you have to do is count chromosomes, admittedly with close attention to detail.
And that's not all. Héroux says he has pinpointed where and how the magnetic field acts on the cell.
Héroux is in McGill's Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and runs the InVitroPlus Lab at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.
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Gepubliceerd: maandag 03 september 2012 10:01
Cell Biochem Biophys. 2012 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
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There are possible hazardous health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiations emitted from mobile phone on the human reproductive pattern. It is more effective while keeping mobile phones in pocket or near testicular organs. Present review examines the possible concern on radio frequency radiation interaction and biological effects such as enzyme induction, and toxicological effects, including genotoxicity and carcinogenicity, testicular cancer, and reproductive outcomes. Testicular infertility or testicular cancer due to mobile phone or microwave radiations suggests an increased level of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Though generation of ROS in testis has been responsible for possible toxic effects on physiology of reproduction, the reviews of last few decades have well established that these radiations are very harmful and cause mutagenic changes in reproductive pattern and leads to infertility. The debate will be focused on bio-interaction mechanism between mobile phone and testicular cancer due to ROS formation. This causes the biological damage and leads to several changes like decreased sperm count, enzymatic and hormonal changes, DNA damage, and apoptosis formation. In the present review, physics of mobile phone including future research on various aspects has been discussed.
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Gepubliceerd: vrijdag 03 augustus 2012 10:43
ABC Science / stopumts.nl - Een nieuwe Australische studie toont aan dat sommige personen veel grotere effecten ondervinden door blootstelling aan gsm-straling dan anderen. De studie focuste met name op het effect op de hersengolven. Een vervolgstudie wees uit dat bij de mensen bij wie een groter effect op de hersengolven werd vastgesteld, ook de hersenactiviteit tijdens de slaap meer beïnvloed werd.
Professor Rodney Croft wijst erop dat sommige mensen bijna niet reageren, terwijl andere mensen heel sterk reageren. Hieraan liggen allicht fysiologische verschillen ten grondslag.
Hij wijst er ook op dat dit vraagtekens oproept bij eerdere studies die geen of kleine gezondheidseffecten rapporteerden door EM straling. Doordat deze studies steeds kijken naar het gemiddeld effect, de gemiddelde resultaten bij de ganse groep, worden de significante effecten bij de gevoeligere proefpersonen verdoezeld.
Hij stelt dat de manier waarop onderzoek naar EM straling gebeurd herdacht moet worden, met meer focus op gevoelige personen, en dat ook mogelijk een herinterpretatie nodig is van de onderzoeksresultaten van eerdere studies.
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