Mitogentic effect and ultraweak photon emission: a brief history of the epoch
Ilya V. Volodyaev, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Elena V. Naumova Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract
Mitogenetic effect – is an acceleration of cell divisions in microbe and cell cultures, and tissues, caused by distant (optical) contact with a number of biological and chemical systems. MGE was first discovered in [1], and was further investigated in 1920-s—1940-s by a number of scientific groups in the USSR, the USA, Germany, Italy, France, and other countries [2, 3, 4]. The total number of publications on the topic is more than 1000, including a number of articles in top-rating journals. Yet, the effect was not widely appreciated in the end, as a number of influential authors failed to reproduce it in their works [5].
Detailed analysis of methodical aspects of these works reveal severe violation of the methods suggested in the “positive works” [6]. Here we review the main methodical aspects of both “positive” and “negative” works on MGE and try to state recommendations for its reproducible registration. We consider MGE an unresolved problem in both fundamental [7] and applied biology [8], that should be revisited with the use of present-day techniques, knowledge and level of evidence. Anyway, further progress in this area is impossible without rigorous investigation of earlier works with a particular focus on methods and evidence.
The mitogenetic effect is discussed in the context of further scientific data, primarily related to chemiluminescence.
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Ilya Volodyaev
Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology
Russia
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