Inhibition of proliferation of human lymphoma cells U937 by a 50 Hz electromagnetic field med./bio.

Aim of study (acc. to editor)

Endpoint

• cell viability/cell division/proliferation: cell proliferation and cell viability

Exposure

• • 50/60 Hz
  • magnetic field

Extended view Compact view

Methods Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology

• cell viability/cell division/proliferation: cell viabilty (trypan blue exclusion assay) and cell proliferation (haemocytometer)

Main outcome of study (acc. to author)

Study funded by

• Gesellschaft für biologische Krebsabwehr, Heidelberg, Germany
• Saxonian Academy of Sciences Leipzig (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig), Germany

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