You are so very right in this, dear Joanne! And, this is why I have always
said the same in public as well as in various articles. For instance, see

Gangi S, Johansson O, "Skin changes in "screen dermatitis" versus classical
UV- and ionizing irradiation-related damage--similarities and differences.
Two neuroscientists' speculative review", Exp Dermatol 1997; 6: 283-291

and

Gangi S, Johansson O, "A theoretical model based upon mast cells and
histamine to explain the recently proclaimed sensitivity to electric and/or
magnetic fields in humans", Med Hypotheses 2000; 54: 663-671

I believe that not only the "clues are there", but also the answers.

Best regards
Yours
Olle

(Olle Johansson, assoc. prof.
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)

   IMPORTANT TO REVIEW EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION -- the clues are
there......   See article below re fibroblasts......   Joanne   Joanne C.
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:03:35 EDT
Subject: PrtnFldg.FIBROBLASTS..ioniz&nonioniz exp induce terminal diff in
cells. .1991...


1: Scanning  Microsc. 1991 Dec;5(4):1135-42; discussion 1142-3. Links


Terminal differentiation of human fibroblasts is induced by radiation.



  * Rodemann    HP,    * Peterson    HP,    * Schwenke    K,    * von
Wangenheim KH. *



Developmental Biology Unit W7 and SFB 223, University of  Bielefeld, FRG.



In order to analyze the effect of various kinds of radiation  on the
terminal differentiation processes of fibroblasts in culture, both human
skin and lung fibroblasts were irradiated with electromagnetic non
ionizing as well as ionizing radiation in  clonal and sparse mass culture
systems. As analyzed by cell biological (cell  type frequencies),
biochemical (collagen synthesis) and molecular markers  (expression of
protein PIVa) human skin and lung fibroblasts are induced to
differentiate prematurely into terminal postmitotic cells. Thus, both
electromagnetic and ionizing  radiation induce terminal differentiation in
cultured cells. These data  add some new aspects for the interpretation of
radiation effects on  cells, e.g., in clinical therapy, as well as for the
development of  normal tissue responses during early and late effects
after  radiotherapy.



PMID: 1822035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1822035&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_docsum