THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION GROUP
ATHENS UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF BIOLOGY
DEPT. OF CELL BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS
Head: Dr. Lukas H. Margaritis, Professor of Cell Biology and Radiobiology
Collaborators: Dr. Dimitris Panagopoulos, Radiobiologist, Dr. Niki Messini-Nikolaki, Cell Biologist
On going research is focused on the effects of various kinds of electromagnetic radiation on the reproduction of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster . Our recent results on the effects of mobile phone radiation have been presented at the Greek edition of the Journal "Scientific American" (see article in Greek).
In addition a theoretical model describing the effects of electromagnetic radiation on cells has been published:
| : | Panagopoulos DJ, Messini N, Karabarbounis A, Philippetis AL, Margaritis LH. | Related Articles |
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000 Jun 16;272(3):634-40.
PMID: 10860806; UI: 20318338
Special attention has been given to the biological effects of mobile phone radiation (for the first time worldwide using real communication conditions) on model cell systems including oogenesis in Diptera. The results have shown a decrease in the reproductive capacity and have been published (see article). Our current work in focused on the effects of cellular and molecular parameters caused by mobile phone radiation using various types of cells including human cell cultures, under a variety of normal operating conditions. For this purpose a large number of commercially available cellular phones are scheduled to be tested.
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RECENTS PUBLICATIONS
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Panagopoulos DJ, Karabarbounis A, Margaritis LH (2002) Mechanism for action of electromagnetic fields on cells.
- Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002, 298(1):95-102 (pdf file available for download)
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Panagopoulos, D.J., Karabarbounis A., Margaritis L.H. (2004) Effect of GSM 900-MHZ mobile phone radiation on the reproductive capacity of Drosophila melanogaster.
- Electromagnetic Biology & Medicine, vol23, nr.1, 29-43, 2004 (pdf file available for download)
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