Quantum computation, non-demolition measurements, and reflective control in living systems

Igamberdiev, Abir U.

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2004.04.001

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“…Let us also note a number of articles that address the problem of measurements in biological systems and the related problem of decoherence (Igamberdiev, 1999(Igamberdiev, , 2004.…”

Section: Entangled Quantum States Of Biologically Important Moleculesmentioning

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Biological complexity, quantum coherent states and the problem of efficient transmission of information inside a cell

Melkikh

2013

Biosystems

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a b s t r a c tThe intracellular channel of information transmission was analyzed from the point of view of complexity. The most important steps in the transfer of information within a cell are the folding, transport and recognition of proteins. It was shown that the large number of conformational degrees of freedom that proteins possess can paradoxically lead to an information channel with an exponentially small capacity. To resolve this paradox, a model, which assumes a quantum collective behavior of biologically important molecules, was proposed. Experiments to test the quantum nature of the intracellular transfer of information were also proposed.

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“…Let us also note a number of articles that address the problem of measurements in biological systems and the related problem of decoherence (Igamberdiev, 1999(Igamberdiev, , 2004.…”

Section: Entangled Quantum States Of Biologically Important Moleculesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biological complexity, quantum coherent states and the problem of efficient transmission of information inside a cell

Melkikh

2013

Biosystems

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“…We can distinguish an internally developing generic process from an external non-generic phenomenon through certain proportions in the generated structure, which represent the limits of iteration exhibiting an internal process. Any internal choice exhibits a structure of the mixing the notion of indicating an element with the act of indicating a set consisting of elements (Igamberdiev, 2004). Rosen (1993) noted that physically embodied reflective loops have certain objective parameters that include the values that can be redundantly repeated.…”

Section: Nomothetic Constraints In the Generation Of New Structures Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…topological) characteristics will be preserved. The simplest and most general way of transformation occurs when the new domain is composed of two previous 4 (Igamberdiev, 2004). In this process, the evolving state is determined by the two contradictory values of the system separated by time interval, and the value in time future is acquired after addressing them.…”

Section: Nomothetic Constraints In the Generation Of New Structures Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this case, certain recursive limits will appear as fundamental canons of perfection formed as memorization within reflective loops, corresponding to symmetry transformations. The notion of golden section (Φ = lim F n+1 /F n ), which commonly appears in biological patterns formation, follows from this type of memorization (Igamberdiev, 2004).…”

Section: Nomothetic Constraints In the Generation Of New Structures Dmentioning

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Symmetry Transformations and Information Growth in Biological Morphogenesis and Evolution

Igamberdiev

2015

Proceedings of ISIS Summit Vienna 2015—The Information Society at the Crossroads

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“…Passing mention is also found among cladists [22], ecologists [23][24][25][26], semioticists [27,28] and artificial life researchers [29,30]. In parallel with this revival of interest, Elsasser has also become a posthumous inspiration to opponents of current research directions in molecular biology [31][32][33], as well as in less mainstream areas such as so-called 'Intelligent Design'.…”

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Finite Universe of Discourse: The Systems Biology of Walter Elsasser (1904-1991)

Gatherer¹

2008

TOBIOJ

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: Walter Elsasser (1904-1991, an eminent quantum physicist and geophysicist, was also active in theoretical biology over a 35-year period from the early 1950s to the late 1980s. Although increasingly estranged from the biological establishment during the last fifteen years of his life, Elsasser's central concern with complexity has resulted in a revival of interest in his theories over the last decade, particularly among those who see biology from a systems holist rather than a molecular reductionist viewpoint. This article reviews the development of Elsasser's thought from his early opposition to genetic determinism, through the radical epistemology of his middle period, to his later more broadly philosophical ideas. After a summary of existing responses to Elsasser in the literature, a fresh critique and assessment of his work is presented, with particular attention to the implications for systems biology. It is concluded that although Elsasser drew some conclusions from his epistemology that are not justifiable in the light of subsequent research, his insistence on the existence of biotonic phenomena in biology, irreducible (either at present, or in principle) to physics, is correct. Ironically, the most significant biotonic principle is one which Elsasser largely ignored in his own work, that of Natural Selection.

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Quantum computation, non-demolition measurements, and reflective control in living systems

Cited by 54 publications

References 59 publications

Biological complexity, quantum coherent states and the problem of efficient transmission of information inside a cell

Biological complexity, quantum coherent states and the problem of efficient transmission of information inside a cell

Symmetry Transformations and Information Growth in Biological Morphogenesis and Evolution

Finite Universe of Discourse: The Systems Biology of Walter Elsasser (1904-1991)

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