Monday, March 07, 2011

FLASHBACK: Terahertz Radiation Fields Reportedly Destroy Human DNA

Airport Scanner - DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field

This is why I will not go through a body scanners. Although the reports say the airport scanners operate at a sub-terahertz frequency, I do not necessarily believe the reports. There is no way to penetrate clothing and other materials without a serious dose of a radiation. A serious dose of radiation aimed at the human body will have a negative effect. I don't need science to tell me this fact, but if you are not convinced, then download this document (DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field) at the official web link here.

Abstract - We consider the influence of a terahertz field on the breathing dynamics of double-stranded DNA. We model the spontaneous formation of spatially localized openings of a damped and driven DNA chain, and find that linear instabilities lead to dynamic dimerization, while true local strand separations require a threshold amplitude mechanism. Based on our results we argue that a specifi c terahertz radiation exposure may significantly aff ect the natural dynamics of DNA, and thereby influence intricate molecular processes involved in gene expression and DNA replication...

See also page 4 of the document...

In summary, we have found that a THz field may cause dynamical separations of the DNA double-strand...

This suggests that THz radiation may signi cantly interfere with the naturally occurring local strand separation dynamics of double-stranded DNA, and consequently, with DNA function...

Source: arXiv


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