the power of goo

Fels D (2009) Cellular Communication through Light. PLoS ONE 4(4): e5086. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005086

People like Popp have been laughed at for their biophoton hypothesis (and experiemntal results) for ages now. Of course, what sounds like Sci-fi can never be true, at least some scientists seem to “know” and thus forget that science is not about believing you know it all. Anything is possible, unless proven otherwise. And then still methods can change.

Nevertheless, here is an excerpt from the abstract:

Information transfer is a fundamental of life. A few studies have reported that cells use photons (from an endogenous source) as information carriers. This study finds that cells can have an influence on other cells even when separated with a glass barrier, thereby disabling molecule diffusion through the cell-containing medium.

Hopefully enough for you to want to read up.

Now for the crazy ones out there: doesn’t this sound like a very good start for biological nanotechnology, carbon/silicon hybrid systems?

Allright… enough sci-fi for today