Mobile phone radiation reduces sperm motility and viability, increases sperm head defects, and induces early apoptosis of sperm cells in vitro.

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Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2015 Jun ;21(6):515-20. PMID: 26242041

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[Impact of mobile phone radiation on the quality and DNA methylation of human sperm in vitro].

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influences of mobile phone radiation on the quality and DNA methylation of human sperm in vitro.METHODS: According to the fifth edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, we randomly selected 97 male volunteers with normal semen parameters and divided each semen sample from the subjects into two equal parts, one exposed to mobile phone radiation at 1950 M Hz, SAR3. 0 W/kg for 3 hours while the other left untreated as the control. We obtained routine semen parameters as well as the acrosomal reaction ability, apoptosis and DNA methylation of sperm, and compared them between the two groups.RESULTS: Compared with the control, the radiation group showed significantly decreased progressive sperm motility ([36.64± 16.93] vs [27.56 ± 16.92]%, P

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