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It has been shown that many of the so-called “unknown” causes in biological reactions can be explained through the basic laws of physics, namely that all matter is electrical and that the life principle is due to this electrical state; that the electron shift which continues automatically and ceaselessly in every particle of matter is the factor which releases the energy, as it is attracted or repulsed by the positive or negative charges of the atom, thereby producing the biochemical formations of metabolism.
The two underlying “organizers” in all forms of matter are polarity-consisting of a positive charge at one end and a negative charge at the other in every atom, groups of atoms or molecules and organs; and secondly, oxidation-reduction potential which regulates the electromotive force for the definite level of energy production at the appropriate instant.
This principle has been applied in the case of various experiments designated as “unknown causes” in the literature. They include the “organizer principle in Biology,” why eggs become fertilized, tissue culturesin vitro andvivo and reconstitution of sponge cells from dissociated cells, the basic causes of abnormal growth of cells including cancer cells, and finally some conclusions concerning DNA and RNA.
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Brooks, M.M. The electrical property of matter, the trigger mechanism controlling cell growth. Protoplasma 57, 144–157 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252050
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