Table 1. Cytogenetic analysis did not reveal any difference between non-irradiated and THz-irradiated human embryonic stem cells.
Number per 100 cells, ±SEMa (absolute number) | ||||
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Treatment | Number of cells scored | Cells with aberrations | Chromosome-type aberrations | Chromatid-type aberrations |
THz beam, repeats 1 and 2 | 475 | 2.3 ± 0.7 (11b) | 0.6 ± 0.4 (3) | 2.1 ± 0.7 (10) |
Control, repeats 1 and 2 | 430 | 2.1 ± 0.7 (9b) | 0.2 (1) | 2.3 ± 0.7 (10) |
a - SEM, standard error of the mean; THz, terahertz.
b – some cells contained more than one aberration, and the number of cells with aberrations was not equal to the sum of chromosomal aberrations.