Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Cell Phone Radiation Might Improve Memory

Cell Phone Radiation Might Improve Memory

There are claims that extensive cell phone radiation can cause brain tumors, but a new

study argues that the radio waves can possibly prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's disease --

well that is in mice. The mice that were not given Alzheimer's showed a boost in brain activity.

The scientists exposed old mice (some with Alzheimer's, some without) to cell phone radio waves

and the brain displayed deposits of a strongly connected (to Alzheimer's) called beta-amyloid.

Beta-amyloid bunched together creating brain plaques which are tell-tale signs of the disease. As

the scientist see, the radio waves increase the temperature in the brain, which triggers the brain

cells to dispel the awful plaques.

The study consisted of 96 mice, many of them had been genetically altered to make

beta-amyloid plaques and memory issues which simulated Alzheimer's. The rest of the mice

were normal. This was so the researchers could see the effects on normal memory. Both types of

mice were exposed to 1 hour of radiation (cell phone radio waves) each day for seven to nine

months. The radio waves were transmitted by an antenna on the side of each mouses cage. If the

older mice were showing memory issues (genetically altered) and were exposed to the waves,

their memory issues would be gone, and the originally normal mice would have raised

intelligence. These results took months to show up.

If the test were designed for humans, and it worked, we would have a cure for

Alzheimer's disease. This discovery could also have a portable electromagnetic field and prevent

Alzheimer's for all.
The topic is still being looked into, it is not a surefire plan to get rid of

Alzheimer's but may be in the future.

By Daniele Marcato


10 comments:

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  2. i know this is my post but, i think that if this becomes a surefire way to get rid of or reverse the affects of Alzheimer's than we have done an amazing thing

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  3. Yea this could really help our generations

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  4. this is interesting, i always thought cell phone radiation was dangerous

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  5. there are some spelling mistakes, also the title is misleading. It just helps Alzheimers not reverse memory loss.

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  6. This is a very good article. It is very informative and helpful to kids who like to constantly use their phone

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  7. Though developments like these certainly have potential to be very exciting, I think before we can consider it as a breakthrough we have to see more effective results, and not just in mice. It is a classic situation that repeats itself, small results are seen in mice and an article is published which hypes the discovery as the new hope for this or that.

    -hayes10

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  8. I saw something about this on the Daily Show last week. This seems that researchers have stumbled onto something that could be very powerful cure for an awful disease
    -Graham10

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  9. I saw something about this on the Daily Show last week. Researchers seem to have stumbled onto something that could become a powerful cure for an awful disease.
    -Graham10

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  10. Even if this does need some more tweaking, hopefully they are onto something that can lead to a cure. If this does become successful and show positive results in humans as well it would be incredible!

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