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The Liquid Crystalline Organism and Biological Water

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Water and the Cell

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The organism is a dynamic liquid crystalline continuum with coherent motions on every scale. Evidence is presented that biological (interfacial) water, aligned and moving coherently with the macromolecular matrix, is integral to the liquid crystallinity of the organism; and that the liquid crystalline continuum facilitates rapid intercommunication throughout the body, enabling it to function as a perfectly coherent whole

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  1. Institute of Science in Society, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR, UK

    Mae-Wan Ho, Zhou Yu-Ming, Julian Haffegee & Andy Watton

  2. Biophysics Group, Department of Pharmacy, King’s College, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg., London SE1 9NN, UK

    Mae-Wan Ho

  3. Dipartimento di Metodologie Fisiche e Chimiche per l’Ingegneria, Universitá di Catania, I NFM Unitá di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania (Italy)

    Franco Musumeci, Giuseppe Privitera, Agata Scordino & Antonio Triglia

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA

    Gerald H. Pollack

  2. Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX, USA

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Ho, MW. et al. (2006). The Liquid Crystalline Organism and Biological Water. In: Pollack, G.H., Cameron, I.L., Wheatley, D.N. (eds) Water and the Cell. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4927-7_10

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