WEB-015Original text reviewed
Human and mouse neural stem-cell injury under 220 GHz exposure
The reported finding
Proliferation decreased and apoptosis/DNA-damage signals increased in time/intensity-dependent patterns; human cells were more susceptible under several matched conditions.
Reading it carefully
In-vitro susceptibility study with small experimental replication; not human brain exposure or a deployed 6G waveform. Cell conditions and delivered intensity remain essential.
Inside the study
Technology connection
Sub-terahertz research relevant to examining proposed future bands; not an experiment using a 6G standard.
Publication type
Original journal research
Exposure conditions
0.22 THz (220 GHz); 25 or 50 mW/cm² for 5 or 10 min; exposure medium controlled at 25°C with temperature monitoring.
Design & controls
Human iPSC-derived and mouse neural stem cells; matched non-irradiated controls; flow cytometry and γH2AX staining.
Statistics
See reported finding and original tables; effect sizes not independently recalculated.
The protection question raised
Which exposure conditions and biological models reproduce this response, and what would establish its relevance to health?
Source verification
Original methods/results sections reviewed; no independent raw-data or supplement audit.
Where to find the result
Original results/methods sections
Editorial notices
Linked notice fields in retrieved Europe PMC/PubMed records checked 21 October 2026; no correction or retraction surfaced there. Publisher-history and forward-citation screening are not exhaustive.
Funding
Funding statement not extracted in this source check; see the original publication.
Conflicts of interest
Disclosure statement not extracted in this source check; see the original publication.
Original publication
Yunxia Wang; Yu Xiong; Man Chen; Fei Liu; Haiyan He; Qinlong Ma; Peng Gao; Guiming Xiang; Liqun Zhang. The biological effects of terahertz wave radiation-induced injury on neural stem cells. iScience. 2023. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107418.