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DNA
DREAMING
Changes
arose through random mutations seems absurd, which is why many young
biologists simply ignore the issue and get on with their work. A few
others have tried to show that Weismann got
it wrong.
An
Australian, Ted Steele (born in Darwin, ironically ), in the early 1980s
claimed his work showed a new trait could be put into genes and then
passed on to offspring. He was automatically attacked for daring to
question Scripture, but in time others used his approach and directed mutation
research is now respectable, though Steele consistently is denied the
credit he deserves.
Since
it would enhance survival prospects and so be selected for, Lamarckism now
seems not only possible but probable, as research sbows how outside
influences, including thought, behavior, and emotion, can reach into DNA
and affect it. Things happening to us, things we do to ourselves, and
things we think or feel may influence what we hand on to our children.
Isn’t there something in The Bible about the sins of fathers being
transmitted for generations? On the other hand, striving to uve a
better life may mean blessings for descendants. This latest research means
we have to cope with what was known long ago, that we cannot avoid responsibility
for our actions and thoughts.
Studies on the Interaction Between Electromagnetic Fields and Living
Matter Neoplastic Cellular Culture
Suleyman
Seckiner Gorgun -
Collegno, Italy
Neoplastic
Cell Culture
The study of the interactions between electromagnetic fields and living
matter has become a fertile field for research in the last century,
even though these phenomena have heen empirically observed by various
civilizations since ancient times (1, 2). Considerable experimental
evidence today points to the possibility of modulating biological
functions and structures in a controlled way by applying electromagnetic
fields and, vice versa, the possibility of detecting and measuring
endogenous electrical currents in living organisms and their components
(3, 4).
There
are two types of electromagnetic effects on living matter:
thermal
effects and non thermal effects (5, 6, 7)Thermal effects induce an
increase of entropic disorder in the target, until at adequate frequencies
and power levels, the effects of ionization develop. The non thermal
effects are not the result of the transfer of erratic movement by means of
an increase of kinetic energy, but rather, in line with the theories of
the coherence of condensed matter, they can transmit information that
would produce order in the biostructures involved.
The information content
of the electromagnetic waves would depend strictly and specifically on
the waveform, the string of waves, and the time sequence of their
modulation.
In fact, specific variations in the configuration and temporal exposure
patterns of extremely weak electromagnetic fields can produce highly
specific biological responses, similar to pharmaceutical products (8,
9).
These effects are attracting considerable scientific interest mainly
because an electromagnetic wave is easily modulated and thus is an excellent
means for the transmission of information.(1O)
Studies carried out by
various writers suggest the possibility of non thermal effects; they
include Gorgun (16, 17, 18), Frohlich (11, 12), and Tsong (13, 23, 24, 25,
26).
Based on these studies, it is reasonable to consider patterns in living
matter that take into account the electromagnetic components of biological
structures. Every cell, for instance, is made up of biological and
chemical components that can be described in simpler and simpler terms
down to the cell’s elementary molecular constituents. But
the cell itself and
its internal and external interactions can also be considered in terms of
electric and electromagnetic interactions and relationships (1, 3,
6, 27, 28, 29, 30, 84, 85).
Numerous
experimental works have shown the possibility of modifying and
controlling the selective permeability of the cell membrane by
transmitting electromagnetic waves.
This leads to the possibility
of verifying the specific reactions
of healthy cells compared to the reactions of pathological cells and
subsequently to select target cells on which to act for clinical
purposes.
Pathoiogical cells resonate differently from healthy cells due
to a different tissue composition.
On
these bases, various authors have noted the modulation of some cell functions, from ionic membrane pumps to many cytoplasmic enzyme
reactions, including those contected with cell replication (6, 13,
14, 16, 69, 84, 85). From these studies it has been seen that these
effects can be obtained from low intensity electro magnetic waves
(under 1 watt) and specific frequencies (within the range of 1 Hz to 50
Mhz).
Along this line, preliminary observations
performed in vitro have shown alterations of the cell morphology, the halt
to proliferation, fusion, and necrosis in lymphoblastoid cell lines and
some neoplastic lines subjected to specificaliy mootilated electromagnetic
radiation.
Reported here are some demonstrative examples to show the biological
effects of electromagnetic fieids.
The electromagnetic waves have a power
of 0.25 watts and are in the kilo and megahertz ranges.
They do not
produce thermal effects on the biostructures and have been modulated
according to the patterns elaborated
by Gorgun.
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fig. 3
fig. 4
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fig. 5 Figures 1 trough 5 show
a sequence whereby the cell on the right goes progressively into necrosis
The
examples presented here are indicative of significant bioiogical and
clinical effects both
in vitro and in vivo.
The action of these electromagnetic waves on
neoplastic celi culture produces fusion and takes piace through
alteration of the cell potential (Grade 1), whereas cell necrosis takes
place with the alteration of the cell structure (Grade 2).
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