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WiGig & the 60 GHz region

Follow skin-cell, sensory-neuron and tissue-threshold experiments around 60 GHz, including work published in 2022, 2024 and 2026. Dose, heating, experimental controls and the meaning of the measured response remain visible.

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WEB-033Original text reviewed

60 GHz: skin-model injury thresholds and the limits of averaging

A small damaged area can disappear inside an average taken across a whole sample. This report found that inspecting the exposed tissue revealed local injury that a bulk viability reading could miss. It also investigated how hot, humid surroundings changed the injury threshold.

Ikehata et al. · 2026Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-032Original abstract reviewed

60 GHz: eye injury under different temperature and humidity conditions

An eye’s response to strong exposure may depend on its surroundings as well as the field itself. This study examined those conditions directly. The injury findings belong in the record, alongside the uncertainty in the additional effect attributed to heat and humidity.

Kojima et al. · 2024Animals
WEB-028Original text reviewed

60 GHz: gene expression, DNA folding and collagen deposition

Skin cells do more than form a barrier: they maintain and repair the tissue around them. This experiment found changes in that work after repeated 60 GHz exposure. It gives us specific molecular responses to investigate, while leaving open whether they persist or matter at lower exposures.

Lawler et al. · 2022Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-031Original text reviewed

58.4 GHz: pulse timing changes the cellular heat response

An average temperature can conceal brief peaks. In this cancer-cell experiment, pulsed heating produced a stronger response than continuous heating with the same average temperature rise. It illustrates why exposure timing belongs beside intensity when interpreting an experiment.

Orlacchio et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-030Original text reviewed

60 GHz: sensory neurons respond differently from direct heating

Sensory nerve endings help an organism detect potentially harmful conditions. In isolated leech neurons, intense millimetre waves changed the threshold for nerve firing differently from direct heating. The experiment offers a mechanism to examine; it does not establish the cause of symptoms in people.

Romanenko et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-029Original text reviewed

60.4 GHz: changes in substances released by skin cells

What a cell releases can reveal responses that a gene-expression assay misses. These researchers found marked changes outside exposed skin cells and proposed altered membrane permeability as an explanation. That explanation remains a hypothesis, with an important difference in the timing of the controls.

Le Pogam et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-019Original abstract reviewed

Exploratory gene-expression findings in skin cells at 60.4 GHz

A useful research record also shows how a finding was selected. Five gene responses were confirmed after exploratory screening, while the genome-wide corrected analysis found no significant change.

Le Quément et al. · 2012Cells / isolated tissue

About oxygen-related claims

The targeted search on 21 October 2026 did not verify an eligible newer original experiment showing impaired oxygen uptake or haemoglobin binding at 60 GHz. The studies here measure other biological responses and should not be described as demonstrating that mechanism. This is a statement about the sources verified in this search, not proof that no such experiment exists.

Read the search notes and remaining gaps.