Nonlinear Phenomena in Bioenergetics and Oncology as Seen in 25 Years of Research with Millimeter Microwaves and Raman Spectroscopy

Abstract

Studies over the past three or four decades into the chemistry of living entities have advanced conceptual views of life processes and have led to great progress in research technologies applied in every area of modern biology. It is understandable, therefore, that the predominant concepts of the nature of life are biochemical. As knowledge of the chemistry of living entities has grown, it has become clear that the vital reactions and syntheses inside a living cell take place in orderly sequences performed only at specific times in the lifetime of a cell. The existence of this metabolic, or cell timeclock is now well established. Also, observations of metabolism show in vivo rates of syntheses are many times faster than those observed in the test tube in which the reactants are isolated from the cell and its natural barriers. Such findings suggest that metabolites are directed to vital sites within the cell, with in vivo metabolism governed by a process able to direct the positioning of reactants in both space and time, rather than by random kinetics. A phenomenon such as this requires energy, and unless there is abundant waste, this energy must be directed to specific sites at which the reactions are to occur. Although it is known that the living cell is extremely efficient from the standpoint of its use of energy, it is not generally recognized that the cell does not use energy in the form of heat. Rather, heat often is a toxic waste of metabolism.