Efficiency of Cellular Growth When Creating Small Pockets of Electric Current Along the Walls of Cells

Abstract

Pulses up to 11 Tesla magnetic fields may generate pockets of currents along the walls of cellular material and may interfere with the overall ability of cell division. We used prokaryotic cells (Escherichia coli) and eukaryotic cells (murine fibroblasts) and exposed them to magnetic pulses of intensities ranging from 1 millitesla (mT) to 11,000 mT. We found prokaryotic cells to be more sensitive to magnetic field pulses than eukaryotic cells.

Dissolved Gases and Ice Fracturing During the Freezing of a Multicellular Organism: Lessons from Tardigrades

“…There may be simple microscale physical parameters that may control cellular functions, including cell division. 43 Complete desiccation is tied with breaking of both strands of chromosomal DNA. Because of the lengthening of time in which DNA damage of animals accumulates, when in the dehydration state, a sudden need for reparation during the hydration process confirms the decline in survival after long periods of anhydrobiosis.…”