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Effects of weak magnetic fields on biological systems: physical aspects
V. N. Binhia, A. V. Savinb a General Physics Institute named after A. M. Prokhorov, Russian Academy of Sciences
b N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
The effect of weak magnetic fields on biosystems is the subject matter of the science of magnetobiology. There are objective factors, due to theory lagging far behind experiment, that are hindering the development of this science. Academic interest in the subject is restrained by the fact that experimental data lack a clear physical explanation. Besides, there is a strong imbalance in how physics and biology are involved in magnetobiology, the former being still in infancy in this respect. It is this imbalance which is currently the driving force for the development of the theory of magnetobiology. This brief analytical review focuses on the physical aspects of magnetobiological research. The task of magnetobiology is to explore the biological effects of weak magnetic fields and to understand mechanisms behind these effects. Magnetobiology is part of a more general issue of the biological impact of weak and hyperweak physico-chemical factors. It is believed that such factors operate even below the trigger threshold for protective biological mechanisms and are therefore capable of accumulating at the subcellular level. The so-called 'kT-problem' is discussed in detail, and the interference mechanisms of the molecular gyroscope and of molecular states in an idealized protein cavity are suggested as candidate solutions.
Received: July 16, 2002 Revised: October 29, 2002
Citation:
V. N. Binhi, A. V. Savin, “Effects of weak magnetic fields on biological systems: physical aspects”, UFN, 173:3 (2003), 265–300; Phys. Usp., 46:3 (2003), 259–291
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