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Electrochemical Mechanisms and the Control of Biological Growth Processes

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Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry

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One of the greatest challenges facing the life sciences today is the elucidation of the control mechanisms that regulate the cellular processes of growth, healing, response to injury, and the maintenance of the organizational pattern of the total individual. The determination of these mechanisms may well provide the cures for such diverse entities as cancer, arthritis, and heart disease, and, in addition, provide insight into the aging process as well. An immediate clinical dividend from such an investigation would be the control over healing processes in general, and possibly the stimulation of more effective modes of healing in man than provided by nature.

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  1. Veterans Administration Hospital, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Robert O. Becker

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Robert O. Becker

  3. Electrochemistry Laboratory, ESB Technology Center, Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA

    Arthur A. Pilla

  4. Bioelectrochemistry Laboratory, Orthopedic Research Laboratories, New York, New York, USA

    Arthur A. Pilla

  5. Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Chemical and Applied Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Arthur A. Pilla

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  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    B. E. Conway

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Becker, R.O., Pilla, A.A. (1975). Electrochemical Mechanisms and the Control of Biological Growth Processes. In: Bockris, J.O., Conway, B.E. (eds) Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry. Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7446-0_6

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