Accidents, Tests, and Incidents

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“…In biological systems, any physical, chemical, or biological agent can be considered stimulatory when administered in much lower concentrations than when administered in undiluted, harmful concentrations [ 96 ]. While hormetic effects of ionizing radiation have been known for quite some time [ 97 , 98 ], only recently has the biomedical community started to exploit hormesis for public health, therapeutic, and commercial benefits [ 99 ].…”

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Quantum Electrodynamics Coherence and Hormesis: Foundations of Quantum Biology

Madl,

Renati

2023

IJMS

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Background: “Quantum biology” (QB) is a promising theoretical approach addressing questions about how living systems are able to unfold dynamics that cannot be solved on a chemical basis or seem to violate some fundamental laws (e.g., thermodynamic yield, morphogenesis, adaptation, autopoiesis, memory, teleology, biosemiotics). Current “quantum” approaches in biology are still very basic and “corpuscular”, as these rely on a semi-classical and approximated view. We review important considerations of theory and experiments of the recent past in the field of condensed matter, water, physics of living systems, and biochemistry to join them by creating a consistent picture applicable for life sciences. Within quantum field theory (QFT), the field (also in the matter field) has the primacy whereby the particle, or “quantum”, is a derivative of it. The phase of the oscillation and not the number of quanta is the most important observable of the system. Thermodynamics of open systems, symmetry breaking, fractals, and quantum electrodynamics (QED) provide a consistent picture of condensed matter, liquid water, and living matter. Coherence, resonance-driven biochemistry, and ion cyclotron resonance (Liboff–Zhadin effect) emerge as crucial hormetic phenomena. We offer a paradigmatic approach when dealing with living systems in order to enrich and ultimately better understand the implications of current research activities in the field of life sciences.

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