Lead researcher Gary Arendash
TAMPA, FL – Scientific American, the most prestigious and staid of the popular science journals, has a new take on research at the University of South Florida showing that cell phone radiation protected mice from getting Alzheimer’s.
We reported the study’s findings back in January (see: Cell phone use may protect against Alzheimer’s).
The study, led by University of South Florida researchers at the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), found that cell phone exposure, begun in early adulthood, protects the memory of mice otherwise destined to develop Alzheimer’s symptoms.
Lead researcher Gary Arendash, PhD, USF Research Professor at the ADRC, said, “It was even more astonishing that the electromagnetic waves generated by cell phones actually reversed memory impairment in old Alzheimer’s mice.”
The researchers were particularly surprised to discover that months of cell phone exposure actually boosted the memory of non-demented (normal mice) to above-normal levels.
They suspect that the main reason for this improvement involves the ability of electromagnetic exposure to increase brain activity, promoting greater blood flow and increased energy metabolism in the brain.
The researchers note that further investigation is necessary before drawing conclusions.
In reporting the story, Scientific American said that while the link to brain tumors remains inconclusive, it does cast doubt on the cell phone industry’s claim that cell phone emissions are two weak to have biological effects.
“The new work suggests cell phones may indeed be messing with our minds,” the magazine says. – By Allan Maurer
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