Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Morphological effects of electric fields on avian erythrocytes (nucleated red blood cells)

In this paper, morphological effects of electric fields on avian erythrocytes (nucleated red blood cells) have been studied in detail.

Morphological changes include rounding and cytoplasm transparency.

It has been shown that the effect is non‐thermal.

Careful imaging and image analyses have been carried out to show that the degree of this effect is frequency‐dependent, and has a higher conversion rate at higher temperatures.

Furthermore, to better understand the mechanisms behind the morphological changes, we investigated the dedifferentiation hypothesis and performed a series of tests on avian erythrocytes including fluorescence spectroscopy for hemoglobin, and tests on human umbilical cord blood, mesenchymal stem cells, and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells including flow‐cytometry analysis for expression of certain markers and calcium staining.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bem.22195

Rotating magnetic fields within circular arrays of RNA within bacteria ...

Paper Title: Bacterial biophotons as non‐local information carriers: Species‐specific spectral characteristics of a stress response

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328659792_Bacterial_biophotons_as_non-local_information_carriers_Species-specific_spectral_characteristics_of_a_stress_response

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Could electromagnetic fields treat metastatic triple-negative breast cancer?

New research published in Communications Biology suggests that electromagnetic fields are capable of stopping the metastasis of some breast cancer cells. In the study, researchers showed that they are able to target migrating breast cancer cells using a tool called a Helmholtz coil, which was developed by scientists at Ohio State University.
https://www.labroots.com/trending/cancer/15457/electromagnetic-fields-treat-metastatic-triple-negative-breast-cancer

Slow electrons to combat cancer

Slow electons can be used to destroy cancer cells - but how exactly this happens has not been well understood. 

Now scientists have been able to demonstrate that a previously little-observed effect actually plays a pivotal role: Due to a process called interatomic Coulombic decay, an ion can pass on additional energy to surrounding atoms. 

This frees a huge number of electrons, with precisely the right amount of energy to cause optimal damage to the DNA of the cancer cells. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190822101429.htm

Use of systems biology in understanding the biological effectsof electromagnetic fields

This review discusses the use of systems biology in understanding the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, with particular focus on induction of genomic instability and cancer. 

We introduce basic concepts of the dynamical systems theory such as the state space and attractors and the use of these concepts in understanding the behavior of complex biological systems. 

We then discuss genomic instability in the framework of the dynamical systems theory, and describe the hypothesis that environmentally induced genomic instability corresponds to abnormal attractor states; large enough environmental perturbations can force the biological system to leave normal evolutionarily optimized attractors (corresponding to normal cell phenotypes) and migrate to less stable variant attractors. 

We discuss experimental approaches that can be coupled with theoretical systems biology such as testable predictions, derived from the theory and experimental methods, that can be used for measuring the state of the complex biological system. 

We also review potentially informative studies and make recommendations for further studies.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334016168_Electromagnetic_Fields_Genomic_Instability_and_Cancer_A_Systems_Biological_View

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

The Electrial Nature of the Body

It is well accepted that information can be conveyed to the body in the form of electromagnetic waves.  No one doubts that the eyes can detect visible light, that the ears can detect sound from pressure waves carried by the atmosphere and that the sensory information collected from both the eyes and the ears is invaluable for survival.  However, both visible light and sound are just different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.  It is logical to conclude, and it has been proven scientifically that other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum also have beneficial biological effects.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327549539_The_Electrical_Nature_of_the_Body

Monday, August 12, 2019

Electromagnetic fields may hinder spread of breast cancer cells

Electromagnetic fields might help prevent some breast cancers from spreading to other parts of the body, new research has found. The study showed that low intensity electromagnetic fields hindered the mobility of specific breast cancer cells by preventing the formation of long, thin extensions at the edge of a migrating cancer cell.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808111440.htm

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields on B16F10 cancer cells

This paper presents a method to inhibit B16F10 cancer cells using extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) and to evaluate cell viability using MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. 

The study examined the effect of a natural EMF resonance frequency (7.83 Hz) and a power line frequency (60 Hz) on B16F10 cancer cells for 24 and 48 h. 

The B16F10 cancer cells were also exposed to sweep frequencies in several sweep intervals to quantitatively analyze the viability of cancer cells. 

The results yielded a 17% inhibition rate under 7.83 Hz compared with that of the control group. 

Moreover, sweep frequencies in narrow intervals (7.83 ± 0.1 Hz for the step 0.05 Hz) caused an inhibition rate of 26.4%, and inhibitory effects decreased as frequency sweep intervals increased. 

These results indicate that a Schumann resonance frequency of 7.83 Hz can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and that using a specific frequency type can lead to more effective growth inhibition.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331905143_Effects_of_extremely_low-frequency_electromagnetic_fields_on_B16F10_cancer_cells