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The electromagnetic bio-field: clinical experiments and interferences
G Burnei1, D Hodorogea, I Georgescu
1M.S. Curie Emergency Pediatric Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. mscburnei@yahoo.com
Journal of Medicine and Life
|July 18, 2012
Summary
Electromagnetic radiation from rapid technological development impacts living organisms. The dynamic, electrodynamic nature of biological fields, crucial for organism stability, is complex and difficult to model.
Area of Science:
- Biophysics
- Electromagnetism
- Biochemistry
Background:
- Rapid technological advancement introduces pervasive electromagnetic radiation, influencing living organisms.
- Existing literature demonstrates functional and structural effects of electromagnetic fields on biological systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the concept of the bio-field as an electromagnetic field generated by biological structures.
- To understand the interdependency between bio-fields and bio-structures based on Maxwell-Faraday laws.
Main Methods:
- Defining the bio-field as an electromagnetic field generated by biological structures.
- Applying Maxwell-Faraday laws to describe electromagnetic phenomena through field variations.
- Utilizing differential equations to model field vector behavior in space and time.
Main Results:
- Living organisms exhibit dynamic, electrodynamic biological fields due to intense bio-structural activity and rapid biochemical reactions.
- Static electric and magnetic fields are not sustained within living organisms.
- The stability of protein molecules is explained by the dynamic nature of the biological field.
Conclusions:
- The precise parameters of elementary bio-fields remain technically challenging to determine.
- Biological structures are highly complex and exhibit continuous dynamic activity.
- Developing accurate calculus models for bio-fields is difficult due to their constant dynamic nature.
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