Postulates on electromagnetic activity in biological systems and cancer

0423983 - ÚFE 2014 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Pokorný, Jiří - Pokorný, Jan - Kobilková, J.
Postulates on electromagnetic activity in biological systems and cancer.
Integrative Biology. Roč. 5, č. 12 (2013), s. 1439-1446. ISSN 1757-9694. E-ISSN 1757-9708
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP102/11/0649
Institutional support: RVO:67985882 ; RVO:68378271
Keywords : living cellse * electric-field * microtubules
Subject RIV: BO - Biophysics; BO - Biophysics (FZU-D)
Impact factor: 3.996, year: 2013

A framework of postulates is formulated to define the existence, nature, and function of a coherent state far from thermodynamic equilibrium in biological systems as an essential condition for the existence of life. This state is excited and sustained by energy supply. Mitochondria producing small packets of energy in the form of adenosine and guanosine triphosphate and strong static electric field around them form boundary elements between biochemical-genetic and physical processes. The transformation mechanism of chemical energy into useful work for biological needs and the excitation of the coherent state far from thermodynamic equilibrium are fundamental problems. The exceptional electrical polarity of biological objects and long-range interactions suggest a basic role of the endogenous electromagnetic field generated by living cells. The formulated postulates encompass generation, properties and function of the electromagnetic field connected with biological activity and its pathological deviations. Excited longitudinal polar oscillations in microtubules in eukaryotic cells generate the endogenous electromagnetic field.
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