Trevor L. sent this in and suggested we check it out in line with the
protein melodies and 'memory of water' experiments.
Here is the URL with some amazing extracts;
http://www.digibio.com/cgi-bin/node.pl?nd=n5
The Proposed Theory: "electromagnetic signals"
Using various experimental protocols we are able to activate specific
cell functions with the corresponding low frequency (<20kHz)
electromagnetic waves.
This prompted us to hypothesize that the molecular signal is composed of
such low frequency waves and that the ligand coresonates with the
receptor pretty much as the tuning of a radio device.
It is important to remark that these concepts do not violate any current
biological or physical basic principle. It is well-documented that:
1) molecules emit specific frequencies;
2) a complex set of high frequency waves can produce low frequencies
according to the "beat frequency" phenomenon,
3) all biological interactions occur in water, since, on the average,
there are ten thousand molecules of water per molecule of protein.
Quantum electrodynamics calls for the existence of long range
electromagnetic fields that can be transmitted by large - hundreds of
angstroms - coherent domains present in water (adapted from E. Del
Giudice & E. Preparata, 1994, Journal of Biological Physics, vol. 20, p.
105).
Such long range EM fields would be capable of transmitting the EM
message coming from molecules, thus generating a long distance specific
attraction between two molecules with matching spectra, excluding
non-resonating, unwanted random events.
The field resulting from the aggregation of the two coresonating
molecules would obviously exhibit a different frequency which would then
coresonate with the next molecule or cluster of molecules which
intervene in the next step of the biochemical reaction, and so forth and
so on...
The fact that small changes in the spectrum of a molecule (e.g. induced
by a tiny structural change) would profoundly alter its resonating
characteristics, would explain how minute changes (e.g. phosphorylation,
replacement of an ion by a similar one, switching of two peptides...)
radically modify the molecular tertiary structure and function.
Summary
In summary, the current short range electrostatic theory of molecule
interaction-recognition via random collision cannot help us understand
how biological reactions really work.
The key/keyhole and the structural matching are just cartoonesque
descriptions of the exceedingly more sophisticated mechanism which is
required to command the extraordinarily complex and rapid cascade of
intricate biochemical reactions supporting life.
By contrast, the EM interactions afforded by the capacity of water to
support long range EM fields provide fascinating possibilities for
understanding:
1) the specific and rapid long distance attraction of coresonating
mates;
2) how the formation of aggregates with appropriate frequencies
initiates the next step in the biochemical sequence;
3) how the steric structure of molecules can be altered or stabilized by
subtle changes in their primary composition.
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Personal comments from J. Benveniste.
Where is the heresy? What is "hard to reconcile with what we know about
molecules?" ( D. Herscbach, Nature, 395, 535, 1998).
Why the fuss, excommunication, resentment, insults, injuries and, last
but not least, the crash landing of fraud-seeking commandos?
Will the eternal 'Understand I do not, therefore it is not' prevail
forever in science? Can we not say once and for all 'bye-bye' to
Galileo-style persecution and replace it with genuine scientific debate?
Given my painful ten-year experience, we may as well start by throwing
out the 'peer-review' system which has become, behind its facade of
excellence, the main antibody blocking the nearly deceased scientific
free exchange, which once was the cornerstone of scientific progress.
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Corroborative information on 'protein melodies' at;
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/Arc_1_98-7_98/00000572.htm
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/Arc_1_98-7_98/00000603.htm
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/Arc_1_98-7_98/00000615.htm
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/Arc_1_98-7_98/00000608.htm
http://www.keelynet.com/interact/Arc_1_98-7_98/00000609.htm
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