In-vitro assessment of Jurkat T-cells response to 1966 MHz electromagnetic fields in a GTEM cell

This paper presents the experimental configuration and procedure as well as the in-vitro assessment of Jurkat T-cells response to 1966 MHz exposure of modulated and unmodulated electromagnetic signals within a Gigahertz Transverse Electro-Magnetic (GTEM) cell. Different combinations of electric field intensity, exposure duration and modulation schemes were applied. Exposures at continuous wave (CW) signal at low intensity levels (3 V/m) did not induce any significant DNA damage, but a slight increase was observed for extreme stress levels (76.4 V/m). On the other hand, the results indicate that, at both, low and high electric field intensity UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) signal could be statistically related to DNA damage in-vitro. Nevertheless, further experiments are required, increasing the statistical number of samples and recruiting more DNA damage endpoints before conclusive statements are drawn.