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genetic factors

Causes and effects which can be attributed to heredity (genetic).


An effect that is toxic (poisonous, damaging) for the genome (chemical: the DNA).

Heart frequency

The number of heart beats per minute.


Hormones are chemical messenger substances which are produced in and distributed by specialised cells.  They serve to regulate the function of the organs and metabolic processes.

In vitro studies

Laboratory studies with isolated cells or cell cultures taken from living things.

In vivo studies

Laboratory studies on living organisms (in particular, animal studies).

ionising radiation

Radiation that possesses sufficient energy to change the building blocks of living things (atoms, molecules). Ionising radiation such as X-rays or radio activity can directly and irreparably damage an organism.


Melatonin is a hormone that is produced by the pineal gland in the brain and generated under the influence of darkness. It regulates the day-night rhythm of humans and animals by changes in its concentration.


During cell division the chromosomes cannot be completely ejected from the nucleus due to the influence of genotoxic substances. The chromosomes or parts of them remain as fragments with their own micronucleus membrane shell.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

MS is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The symptoms (sight, speech and movement disorders, muscle pain, etc.) can be very different according to the location of the focus of the inflammation. The disease normally advances in phases over many years. The causes are unknown.

Non-Ionising Radiation (NIR)


Parkinson's Disease


Pineal Gland




pulsed radiation


Strand break


Thermic effect

Energy absorption is the scientifically documented effect of high frequency electromagnetic fields on the body, i.e. the tissues absorb the power of the field (the field is attenuated thereby) and warm up.

white blood corpuscles

Blood cells that fend off diseases.