PULSED MAGNETIC FIELD IMPACT ON LIVING CELLS CONTAINING BIOGENIC MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES
MICLAUS SIMONA1*, BARBU-TUDORAN LUCIAN 2, MOISESCU CRISTINA3, BECHET PAUL 1, DARABANT LAURA4
1„Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania 2 National Institute R&D for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3 Institute of Biology Bucharest, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania 4 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania *simo.miclaus@gmail.com
Abstract
Intense pulsed magnetic fields with frequency components in the kHz-MHz
range, produced by a transcranial magnetic stimulation applicator were delivered to samples
containing magnetotactic bacteria cells with the aim of observing changes of cellular
appearance by scanning-transmission electron microscopy. Cellular integrity was affected
in a manner dependent on the magnetic stimulus parameters.