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Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Mechanisms
Pages 33-36

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... The electroporation effects are technically used, for example in pharmacology and for basic scientific research in the integration of external DNA into cells. For wireless communication devices electroporation is not relevant as it becomes significant   Dielectrophoresis is defined as the lateral motion imparted on uncharged particles as a result of polarization induced by nonuniform electric fields.
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... The basic question still under debate is whether there are other interaction mechanisms of low-intensity RF electromagnetic fields that could have health consequences. Of particular interest is the possible existence of health effects that occur due to the accumulation of multiple, long-term, low-intensity RF exposures.
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... Testing for the sensitivity of the central nervous system (CNS) to detect modulated RF signals using the pattern recognition capability of the brain and neural networks would improve our understanding of the minimum signal level that biological systems can sense and distinguish from background noise.
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... Mechanisms that can be modeled theoretically with the use of software-based nonlinear cell models that describe field-induced molecular changes.�������������������������������������������������������������������� It is currently unclear if a nonlinear biological mechanism exists that could lead to demodulation effects. There is some research with respect to this question underway.
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