Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Quantum Mechanics and Biology

The quest for clear understanding of cancer and hence the ultimate search for a logical way to prevent, diagnose and cure has been an elusive area of research amongst scientists.

The complexity of mutations during replication in the human cell has made the situation more puzzling to researchers who have made contributions in this area.

This matter, seen as the preserve of biologists, has attracted the interest of physicists who have argued that mutations may be guided by quantum mechanical phenomena such as proton tunnelling and decoherence.

This work examines previous works advanced by Physicists in this field and argues for a relationship between mutations and proton tunnelling.

Quantum mechanics has been briefly discussed in away understandable to Biologists while the cell and cancer biology is covered to the extent of understanding of Physicists.

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