# WEB-044 — 75–105 GHz: cell death and susceptibility in a cancer-cell comparison

Why this matters
Different cell types need not respond alike. This study followed the earlier morphology work with measurements of cell death and senescence, including a non-tumour cell comparator. That comparison is central to what the findings can—and cannot—tell us about biological susceptibility.

Id: WEB-044

Author: Komoshvili et al.

Full Authors: Konstantin Komoshvili; Katya Israel; Jacob Levitan; Asher Yahalom; Ayan Barbora; Stella Liberman-Aronov

Year: 2020

Title: W-Band Millimeter Waves Targeted Mortality of H1299 Human Lung Cancer Cells without Affecting Non-Tumorigenic MCF-10A Human Epithelial Cells In Vitro

Journal: Applied Sciences

Citation: Konstantin Komoshvili; Katya Israel; Jacob Levitan; Asher Yahalom; Ayan Barbora; Stella Liberman-Aronov. W-Band Millimeter Waves Targeted Mortality of H1299 Human Lung Cancer Cells without Affecting Non-Tumorigenic MCF-10A Human Epithelial Cells In Vitro. Applied Sciences. 2020. doi:10.3390/app10144813.

Doi: 10.3390/app10144813

Topic: W-band cellular responses; Automotive-radar frequency research; Cell morphology and senescence

Verification Group: Original text reviewed

Record Role: Original text reviewed

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Exposure: 75–105 GHz sweep; 0.2 mW/cm²; H1299 exposures 2, 4 or 10 min; non-tumour comparator tested up to 16 min.

Design: H1299 lung-cancer versus non-tumorigenic MCF-10A epithelial cells; viability, senescence and microscopy over 14 days.

Finding: Mortality and senescence increased in H1299 cells; 10 min exposure was followed by complete population death within two days. MCF-10A cells were unaffected under tested conditions.

Statistics: See the original results; effect sizes were not independently recalculated.

Boundary: Therapeutic cancer-cell study, not evidence that radar exposure injures normal tissue. Swept source and medium-dependent dosimetry differ from a deployed car radar.

Related: Companion to the same group’s 2020 morphology paper; overlapping programme, not independent replication. Related publication records: WEB-043.

Protection Question: Which exposure conditions reproduce this finding, and what would establish its relevance beyond the experimental model?

Access: Original methods/results and interpretation reviewed; raw data and supplements were not independently audited.

Locator: Original methods and results

Notice: Linked Europe PMC/PubMed notice fields checked 21 October 2026; no correction/retraction surfaced for this record. Publisher/citation screening is not exhaustive.

Funding: Ariel Applied Cancer Research Grant; Eva and Henry Frankel Foundation, Denmark (spelling as in this paper).

Conflicts: Authors report no competing interests/conflicts; declaration checked, not independently audited.

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10144813

Retrieval Links: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10144813 | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/14/4813

Verification Date: 2026-10-21

Discovery Id: TARGETED-20261021-17

Technology Tracks: radar|millimetre

Technology Connection: Broad 75–105 GHz cellular sweep overlapping automotive-radar frequencies; not a deployed automotive FMCW waveform or exposure scenario.

Publication Type: Original journal research

Study Setting: Cells / isolated tissue

Browse Categories: cells