Terahertz radiation's impact on cellular function and gene expression
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Relatively little is known about the effect of terahertz radiation on biological systems. A team of researchers have now evaluated the cellular response of mouse stem cells exposed to THz radiation. They reported that temperature increases were minimal, and that heat shock protein expression was unaffected, while the expression of certain other genes showed clear effects of the THz irradiation.