A Comparative Study on the Viability of Normal and Cancerous Cells upon Irradiation with a Steady Beam of THz Rays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Irradiation Characteristics
2.2. Isolation of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
2.3. Cancer Cell Cultures
2.4. Cell Count and Metabolic Activity Assay
2.5. Fluorescent Microscopy and Cell Staining
3. Results
3.1. Mononuclear Cells Are Sensitive to THz Radiation
3.2. Effects of THz Irradiation on Cancer Cells
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kovalevska, L.; Golenkov, O.; Kulahina, Y.; Callender, T.; Sizov, F.; Kashuba, E. A Comparative Study on the Viability of Normal and Cancerous Cells upon Irradiation with a Steady Beam of THz Rays. Life 2022, 12, 376. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12030376
Kovalevska L, Golenkov O, Kulahina Y, Callender T, Sizov F, Kashuba E. A Comparative Study on the Viability of Normal and Cancerous Cells upon Irradiation with a Steady Beam of THz Rays. Life. 2022; 12(3):376. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12030376
Chicago/Turabian StyleKovalevska, Larysa, Olexandr Golenkov, Yelyzaveta Kulahina, Todd Callender, Fedir Sizov, and Elena Kashuba. 2022. "A Comparative Study on the Viability of Normal and Cancerous Cells upon Irradiation with a Steady Beam of THz Rays" Life 12, no. 3: 376. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12030376