title: Electric polarization and the viability of living systems: ion cyclotron resonance-like interactions.
abstract: Wellness can be described in physical terms as a state that is a function of the organism's electric polarization vector P(r, t). One can alter P by invasive application of electric fields or by non invasive external pulsed magnetic fields (PMF) or ion cyclotron resonance (ICR)-like combinations of static and sinusoidal magnetic fields. Changes in human (total) body bioimpedance are significantly altered during exposure to ICR magnetic field combinations. The conductivities of polar amino acids in solution exhibit sharp discontinuities at ICR magnetic fields tuned to the specific charge to mass ratio of the amino acid. It has been reported that protein peptide bonds are broken by such amino acid ICR fields. Remarkably, some of these effects are only found at ultra-low AC magnetic intensities, on the order of .05 muT. This is approximately 10(3) below accepted levels determined by engineering estimates. Such strikingly low magnetic intensities imply the existence of physically equivalent endogenous weak electric field oscillations. These observations not only make claims related to electromagnetic pollution more credible but also provide a basis for future electromagnetic applications in medicine. They also reinforce the notion that physical factors acting to influence the electric polarization in living organisms play a key role in biology.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA. arliboff@aol.com
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Liboff
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival; D017357:Cyclotrons; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014867:Water