title: Linking physiological mechanisms of coherent cellular behaviour with more general physical approaches towards the coherence of life.
abstract: Schrödinger pointed out that one of the most fundamental properties of life is its coherent behaviour. This property has been approached from a physiological point of view by Ling in his 'association-induction hypothesis' and extended by Pollack (gel-sol theory), by Chaplin and by Kaivarainen (detailed studies of cellular water). The question of coherence has also been attacked from general physics in three independent approaches: from non-linear thermodynamics (Fröhlich), from quantum field theory (Del Giudice and his group) and from quantum mechanics (Davydov). In this paper all these approaches are unified. The emerging picture constitutes a new paradigm of life.
authors.affiliation: Karel de Grote-Hogeschool University College, Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium. laurent.jaeken@kdg.be
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jaeken
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D019369:Life; D008962:Models, Theoretical