Quantum mechanical coherence in human red blood cells

Abstract

Fritz London predicted that the behavior of the quantum fluids “...might prove useful for an understanding of the macromolecular systems of biology which behave... much more simply than would be expected in view of the apparent great complexity of their structure.” The Fröhlich theory is of an energy-driven laserlike process in living cells which should drive cellular phonons into coherence. Fröhlich's theory predicts specific ultra-long-range forces which can explain the presently mysterious, ordered tensor interactions within and without the living cell. Several different types of experiments demonstrate a specific ultralong-range interaction between mammalian red blood cells which accords with the postulates of the Fröhlich theory. One phenomenon seems to be compatible with processes analogous to self-focusing and trapping in nonlinear optics. As work progresses more and more biological mechanisms appear to be similar to those known in condensed matter physics.