Exposure to strong static magnetic field slows the growth of human cancer cells in vitro

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 358-363

  Raylman, Raymond R ^a   Clavo, Anaira C ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cellular growth; Human cancer cells; Magnetic fields; Magnetobiology

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELLS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH KINETICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CELL LINES; CELLULAR GROWTH; EXPOSED TO; HUMAN CANCER CELLS; IN-VITRO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAGNETOBIOLOGY; OVARIAN CARCINOMA; RAJI CELLS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETISM; MELANOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETICS; MELANOMA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; S PHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030337909     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:5<358::AID-BEM2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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