Microwave effects on the blood-forming system with particular reference to the lymphocyte med./bio.

To investigate the effects of a pulsed 2.95 GHz microwave exposure on the hematopoietic system and lymphocytes.

Es wurden zwei verschiedene Experimente durchgeführt: Das Erste mit Mäusen, die bis zu 12 Wochen befeldet wurden. Das Zweite mit Kaninchen, die für 6 Monate befeldet wurden.
(Anmerkung des Auswerters: Weiterhin sind in dieser Veröffentlichung eine Reihe von Experimenten an menschlichen Lymphozyten aufgeführt, doch auf Grund der Tatsache von unvollständig angegeben Expositionsparametern und "schwer zu wiederholenden Ergebnissen" (original Anmerkung des Autors) werden diese hier nicht weiter betrachtet.)

• animal
• mouse/CWF; rabbit
• whole body

Mouse experiment:
After exposure mice were immunized with sheep red blood cells and afterwards sacrificed (on days 4, 6, 8, 12 and 20). Serum samples were collected and lymph nodes were excised to estimate hemagglutination and immune response, respectively. The number of lymphoblastoid cells and plasmocytes was significantly increased in mice exposed for 6 weeks. No differences were observed in animals exposed for 12 weeks, which may indicate an adaption to microwave exposure. Changes in agglutination are shown in a figure but were not mentioned in the text.
Rabbit experiment:
Blood samples were obtained each month to gain lymphocyte cultures. After a seven-day in vitro incubation followed by Giemsa staining the number of lymphoblastoid cells was counted. In an initial period the number of cells undergoing a lymphoblastoid transformation increased and than the values returned to basline.