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Electromagnetic cellular interactions

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2011

Chemical and electrical interaction within and between cells is well established. Just the opposite is true about cellular interactions via other physical fields. The most probable candidate for an other form of cellular interaction is the electromagnetic field. We review theories and experiments on how cells can generate and detect electromagnetic fields generally, and if the cell-generated electromagnetic field can mediate cellular interactions. We do not limit here ourselves to specialized electro-excitable cells. Rather we describe physical processes that are of a more general nature and probably present in almost every type of living cell. The spectral range included is broad; from kHz to the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. We show that there is a rather large number of theories on how cells can generate and detect electromagnetic fields and discuss experimental evidence on electromagnetic cellular interactions in the modern scientific literature. Although small, it is continuously accumulating.

Mechanisms of electromagnetic interaction with cellular systems

Naturwissenschaften, 1992

The question of how electromagnetic fields-static or low to high frequency-interact with biological systems is of great interest. The current discussion among biologists, chemists, and physicists emphasizes aspects of experimental verification and of defining microscopic and macroscopic mechanisms. Both aspects are reviewed here. We emphasize that in certain situations nonthermal interactions of electromagnetic fields occur with cellular systems. * From a workshop "Wechselwirkungsmechanismen elektromagnetischer Felder mit zellul~ren Systemen" sponsored by the Deutsche Fo~schungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Festk6rperforschung in Stuttgart, Sept.

Electromagnetic waves and living cells: A kinetic thermodynamic approach

• Cells transports phenomena can occur across the cells membranes. • Cells can also actively modify their behaviours in relation to any change of their environment. • Their wasted heat represents also a sort of information. • Effects of electromagnetic fields modify the cell membrane behaviour. • Cells change their energy management. a b s t r a c t Cells are complex thermodynamic systems. Their energy transfer, thermo-electro-chemical processes and transports phenomena can occur across the cells membranes, the border of the complex system. Moreover, cells can also actively modify their behaviours in relation to any change of their environment. All the living systems waste heat, which is no more than the result of their internal irreversibility. This heat is dissipated into their environment. But, this wasted heat represents also a sort of information, which outflows from the cell towards its environment, completely accessible to any observer. The analysis of irreversibility related to this wasted heat can represent a new useful approach to the study of the cells behaviour. This approach allows us to consider the living systems as black boxes and analyse only the inflows and outflows and their changes in relation to any environmental change. This analysis allows also the explanation of the effects of electromagnetic fields on the cell behaviour.

Quantum Mechanics Action of ELF Electromagnetic Fields on Living Organisms

2010

There is presently an intense discussion if extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) exposure has consequences for human health. This include exposure to structures and appliances from this range of frequency in the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. Biological effects of such exposures have been noted frequently, although the implications for specific health effects is not that clear. The basic interactions mechanisms between such fields and living matter is unknown. Numerous hypotheses have been suggested, although none is convincingly supported by experimental data. Various cellular components, processes, and systems can be affected by EMF exposure. Since it is unlikely that EMF can induce DNA damage directly, most studies have examined EMF effects on the cell membrane level, general and specific gene expression, and signal transduction pathways. Even more, a large number of studies have been performed regarding cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, cell differentiation, metabolism, and various physiological characteristics of cells. The aim of this letter is present the hypothesis of a possible quantum mechanic effect generated by the exposure of ELF EMF, an event which is compatible with the multitude of effects observed after exposure. Based on an extensive literature review, we suggest that ELF EMF exposure is able to perform such activation restructuring the electronic level of occupancy of free radicals in molecules interacting with DNA structures.

Current concepts of the interaction of weak electromagnetic fields with cells

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 1992

The interaction of electromagnetic fields with biological systems must be considered not as a result of the influence of a foreign energy (as in the case of ionizing radiations), but as a modification of the proper electric in-vivo structure of the biological system. This structure indicates the same structural hierarchy (atomic, molecular, cellular, organismic1 as that known from the morphological point of view. According to this, effects are possible on the basis of quantum mechanics as well as on the basis of the dipolar orientation of molecules, double-layer structures and modifications of systems of ionic equilibria. Considering the time constants of these effects, the frequencies used for medical treatments today are in no way the best possible, but just predicted by technical conditions. It is recommended that the frequency region of 103-10' Hz be used. The frequently observed effects of pulsed for modulated) electromagnetic fields (PEMF) are understandable if one considers that the carrier frequency will produce the primary physical reactions and that the low-frequency oscillations of these reactions which are produced by the low-frequency modulation will come into resonance with biological reactions.

Study of Electromagnetic Fields on Cellular Systems

Acta Universitaria

In the last decades the interest to study the effect of non-ionizing radiation, such as the electromagnetic fields (EMF) on cellular systems has increased. In this article the interaction between EMF and biological systems is described. An analysis of the effect of the electromagnetic stimulation at different frequencies and intensities on cell cultures is performed. Preliminary results show that the stimulation with extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF), EMF from 3 to 30 Hz, on the cellular line of neuroblastomaSK-NSH induces cellular stress. This is reflected by a variation in the proteins expression in comparison with the group of cells no stimulated. In particular, the proteins expression shows that the ELF-EMF produce changes in the current proteins in normal or basal conditionsin the cells, that is, new proteins appear or there is evidence of an increasing in theamount of them.

Toward an Electromagnetic Paradigm for Biology and Medicine

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2004

Work by Lund, Burr, Becker, and others leads to the inescapable conclusion that organisms tend to express quasisystemic electric changes when perturbed, and, conversely, will tend toward wellness either through endogenous repair currents or the application of equivalent external currents. We show that an all-inclusive electromagnetic field representation for living systems is fully consistent with this extensive body of work. This electrogenomic field may provide the basis for a new paradigm in biology and medicine that is radically different from the present emphasis on molecular biology and biochemistry. An electromagnetic field description also enables a more rational transformation from the genome than the present endpoint, universally stated in terms of the so-called visible characteristics. Furthermore, once the organism is described as an electromagnetic entity, this strongly suggests the reason for the efficacy of the various electromagnetic therapies, namely as the most direct means of restoring the body's impacted electromagnetic field to its normal state.

Electromagnetic Radiation, a Living Cell and the Soul: A Collated Hypothesis

NeuroQuantology, 2015

The soul is believed to be an immortal essence of living things in scores of philosophical and religious traditions but sparsely understood by science. The word 'soul' does not have a scientific definition but through this paper is hypothesized to be an indefinite, non-structured, massless energy made up of electromagnetic radiations that is confined in the cytoskeletal network of the biological cell. Electromagnetic radiations continually interact with the biological cell and propagate within the cell; by a pathway known as 'Cell-Soul Pathway'. This pathway is a coherent, imperceptible, uncontainable and recyclable support pathway, which uses this energy to promulgate consciousness in a biological cell. The cell-soul pathway augments with stress and ceases with death and results in, liberation of the energy as ultra-weak electromagnetic radiations that coalesce with the universe. The cell-soul pathway creates a strong correlation between science and consciousness, and with religion and spirituality.