Abstract
The aim of this study was to extend previous investigations on the property of artificially prepared collagen gels to modify ultraweak photon emission emanating from a biological source. The interaction of collagen gels with enzyme-dependent ultra weak photon emission facilitated by the Xanthine oxidase–Xanthine–MCLA (XO–X–MCLA) enzyme system was studied. This enzyme system is frequently associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Collagen was also tested in combination with a light-emitting diode (LED) with similar spectral properties as the XO–X–MCLA system. The data demonstrate that a collagen gel is capable of increasing photon emission of the enzyme system. In contrast, weak photon emission stimulated by a LED was not increased, but rather decreased. It was concluded from these data that collagen may exert a remarkable influence on distant molecular activation wherein chemical and electrical signaling is impossible. This capacity may also have significant consequences for understanding the proposed properties of primo-vessels in their particular role as optical channels throughout a living being.
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This work was supported by an independent research grant from the Samueli Institute of Information Biology and the Rockefeller-Samueli Center for Research in Mind-Body Energy. The collagen was kindly provided by Varsha Thakoersing, LACDR, Leiden University. The authors also thank Dr. John Ackerman for his assistance in editing the text.
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van Wijk, E., Groeneveld, M., van der Greef, J., van Wijk, R. (2012). Unusual Optical Properties of Collagen and Implications for the Primo Vascular System. In: Soh, KS., Kang, K., Harrison, D. (eds) The Primo Vascular System. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0601-3_33
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