Conformational Changes In Human DNA
Characterize The Radiated Energy From The Aulterra Formulation
Glen Rein, Ph.D.
Quantum Biology Research Lab, Northport, NY
Introduction:
Information content associated with both classical and
non-classical (subtle, non-Hertzian, scalar) electromagnetic energy can be
stored in physical objects. These objects include water (Rein, 1992,
Schwartz, 1991), geometric patterns (Rein, 1997), electronic circuits
(Dibble & Tiller, 1999) and even paper (Omura, 1990). For water and
electronic circuits, preliminary evidence suggests that the stored
information can be subsequently retrieved or utilized by biological systems,
thereby producing a biological effect. In this sense these objects have a
memory of the information stored within them. Although long-term storage of
information in physical objects is considered an anomaly in the eyes of
traditional science, it has been demonstrated experimentally.
The author's own research in this area has demonstrated
that subtle energy generated from "free energy" devices and those associated
with human intention can be stored in water for several months if the
optical properties of water are measured using a special form of ultraviolet
(UV) spectroscopy (Rein, 1992). Furthermore, the stored energy is
biologically active when the water is exposed to a variety of biological
systems (Gagnon and Rein, 1990). One of the biological targets used in these
studies was the DNA molecule. In addition to these responses to stored or
imprinted energy, DNA has been shown to act as an antenna for other forms of
subtle energy (Rein, 1994a, 1996, 1997). Thus, it has been discovered that
in addition to classical EM fields (Semin, 1995), subtle energy resonates
with the DNA molecule and causes physical changes in its secondary structure
(winding and unwinding of the helix).
Goals of This Research Project
1. Obtain scientific evidence that the energetic
information imprinted in the
Aulterra powder can produce measurable and
reproducible biological effects on DNA using state-of-the art scientific
methodology.
2. Measure the ability of Aulterra's powder to
neutralize the harmful effect from heavy metal toxicity.
3. Demonstrate a biological effect of the energetic
information imprinted in Aulterra's homeopathic preparation.
The Experimental Approach:
In order to measure biological effects of subtle energy, a
relatively high degree of coupling or resonance between the energy and the
matter (bio-molecules) is required. The specific experimental conditions
required for such resonance depends on the nature of the subtle energy
involved, as well as the properties of the bio-molecule and its aqueous
environment. It is predicted that biological systems expressing quantum
properties (macroscopic quantum coherence) are most likely to resonate with
subtle energy. In addition to its known sensitivity to subtle energy, DNA
was chosen for these experiments since it exhibits quantum coherence (Popponin,
1998).
The experimental methodology used in this study involves
measuring the recovery of DNA after heat shock. Heat and other noxious
stimuli like heavy metals are know to break the hydrogen bonds, which hold
the two strands of the DNA helix together. Thus these harmful agents cause
the two strands to unwind. In the case of heat shock it is well known that
as the DNA cools it recovers and spontaneously rewinds back into its
original helical conformation (Thomas, 1954). The rewinding is a natural
recovery process that involves reforming hydrogen bonds. Since the quantum
properties of the hydrogen bond have been previously established, it can be
concluded that this assay is measuring the quantum properties of DNA.
The recovery process can be monitored using an absorption
spectrophotometer, which can measure the amount of rewinding as a function
of time. This is a standard method in the biochemistry literature for
measuring the secondary structure of DNA (Thomas, 1954).
The rewinding slope is negative (downward) because as the
DNA rewinds it absorbs less light. The larger the negative number of the
slope, the faster is the recovery.
The Specific Protocol:
The exact protocol that was followed is confidential, but
generally speaking it involved heating a diluted solution of human placental
DNA (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis). Immediately after heat treatment, the
DNA was gently transferred to a quartz cuvette and then placed in the
cuvette holder inside the spectrophotometer. For all experiments, after heat
shock, the conformation of DNA was automatically measured every 60 seconds
over the course of one hour, as the absorption of UV light at 260nm.
Absorption of light was measured using a UV-visible diode array
spectrophotometer (Hewlett Packard 8451A). In order to quantify the speed of
recovery, the slopes of the rewinding curves were calculated using the IBM
Excel software. For the data presented in Figures 1-3 only a portion of the
entire recovery curve was analyzed. The light gray line in these figures is
the raw absorption data collected by the spectrophotometer, whereas the
solid black line is the computer generated best-fit calculation of the slope
(r2). For experiments with heavy metals, the slope was calculated for each
separate experiment and then compared statistically using a two sample
t-test (assuming equal variance).
DNA recovery to heat shock was measured:
1) After a test tube of DNA sat on the Aulterra
powder for varying amounts of time
2) After the DNA was exposed to varying amounts of
the heavy metal, copper.
3) After the DNA solution containing copper was
placed on the Aulterra powder for varying amounts of time.
4) After adding the Aulterra homeopathic preparation
to the DNA (1/10 dilution).
Results and Discussion:
1. DNA exposed to the energy of the Aulterra powder.
The recovery curve in Figure 1A is a typical curve when
DNA is suspended in water and left to spontaneously rewind. When the DNA was
placed on the Aulterra powder for one day and then measured, there was no
change in the recovery curve. However, after 3, 4 or 5 days of exposure to
the energy from the powder, a rather interesting recovery curve is obtained
(Figure 1B). Instead of a smooth and gradual rewinding process, the recovery
curve is oscillatory in nature. This means that the DNA rewinds, then
unwinds a little, then continues to rewind and continues to go through
cycles of winding and unwinding. This oscillatory behavior is a
characteristic of quantum coherence which has been observed in other systems
(Hideshima, 1990; Dibble & Tiller,1999). Thus, it
can be concluded that the energy from Aulterra induces quantum behavior in
DNA which is expressed as oscillatory behavior.
It is interesting to note that in the case of Tiller's
experiments, oscillatory behavior of water was induced by human intention
associated with healing states of consciousness. Healing states of
consciousness are known to be associated with coherent oscillatory EEG
patterns (Schwartz and Russek, 1997). Furthermore, it was demonstrated that
the energy from healers could effect the conformation of DNA only when the
electrical activity of their ECG exhibited such oscillatory behavior (Rein &
McCraty, 1994b). Thus, by inference the energy emitted from the Aulterra
powder may be similar to the energies associated with healers.
Neutralizing the Effects of Heavy Metal
Toxicity
Copper (Cu(II)) was chosen as a representative heavy metal
because the biological action of copper is mediated by binding to DNA and
causing it to unwind (Sagripanti, 1991). A series of experiments were done
to determine the appropriate concentration of copper, i.e. a high enough
concentration that would produce a measurable effect on DNA but not too high
to totally overload the system. It was predicted that the ability of the
energy from Aulterra's powder to neutralize the toxic effect of copper would
be minimized at higher concentrations of copper. Based on the literature a
concentration of 1mM was initially tested. In order to determine the effect
of copper the slope of the recovery curves needed to be analyzed first in
the absence of any heavy metals. The normal recovery rate was determined in
six separate experiments with the average value for the slope of -0.813 ±
0.06. The recovery rate was then measured in four separate experiments when
DNA was exposed to 1mM copper for 2 days. The average slope was dramatically
reduced to -0.023 ± 0.015. These results are presented in Figure 2 for two
typical experiments with and without copper. Preliminary experiments were
conducted to determine whether this large effect of copper on DNA recovery
rates could be neutralized if the DNA was placed on top of the Aulterra
powder while being exposed to the copper. After two days the average slope
was -0.011, which is not much different than -0.023 (both giving around 98%
inhibition) indicating that the energy from the Aulterra powder did not
neutralize the damaging effect of the copper. However, after three days the
slope was -0.28 (66% inhibition) and after four days the slope was -0.36
(55% inhibition), rapidly approaching the -0.81 value for the slope in the
absence of copper. These results demonstrate that the energy from the
Aulterra powder does in fact partially neutralize the toxic effect of copper
by reducing the 97% inhibition (with no energy) to 55% in the presence of
energy. The effect appears to be linear with time indicating that the longer
the DNA was exposed to the energy, the larger its neutralizing ability. The
results were encouraging but only revealed a partial protection from copper
when used at 1mM concentrations.
It is possible that only partial protection occurred
because the concentration of the toxin was too high. Therefore, these
experiments were repeated with a lower dose of copper, 0.5mM. Based on the
previous experiments, it was predicted that a neutralizing effect of the low
concentration of copper would be seen after only two days. Therefore, twelve
separate experiments were done with DNA exposed to 0.5mM copper in the
presence and absence of energy from Aulterra's powder (Table 1). In this
case the copper alone caused an 86% inhibition of DNA recovery, giving an
average slope value of -0.11 ± 0.25. In the presence of the energy from
the Aulterra powder, this effect was reduced to only 36%, giving an average
slope of -0.52 ± 0.18. Typical experiments for each of these conditions are
shown in Figure 3. The raw data from each of the 12 separate experiments is
shown in Table 1. Statistical comparison of the last two numbers reveals a
highly significant difference (p=0.01). These results, taken together with
the previous results using higher concentrations of copper (Table 2),
clearly demonstrate the ability of the energy from Aulterra's powder to
neutralize the toxic effect of copper.
|
Table 1 |
|
Experiment |
Off Power |
Experiment |
On Power |
|
1 |
-0.219 |
7 |
-0.566 |
|
2 |
-0.499 |
8 |
-0.401 |
|
3 |
-0.02 |
9 |
-0.224 |
|
4 |
+0.127 |
10 |
-0.525 |
|
5 |
-0.206 |
11 |
-0.710 |
|
6 |
+0.166 |
12 |
-0.662 |
|
Average |
-0.109 |
Average |
-0.516 |
|
Standard Deviation |
0.25 |
Standard Deviation |
0.18 |
Raw data from six
experiments showing R2 slope values
for slope calculated by computer
|
Table 2 |
|
. |
Average Slope
|
% Inhibition
|
Standard
|
|
No cu, no energy (control) |
-0.813 |
|
0.06 |
|
1.0mM Cu, no energy |
-0.023 |
97 |
0.015 |
|
10mM Cu with Aulterra's Energy |
-0011 |
98 |
** |
|
0.5mM Cu, no energy |
-0.11 |
86 |
0.25 |
|
0.5mM with Aulterra's energy |
-.052 |
36 |
0.18 |
The Effect of Aulterra's Homeopathic
Preparation on DNA
Control water used to make the homeopathic preparation
showed similar behavior to that previously observed with deionized water.
Preliminary experiments indicated that, depending on the experiment, several
different types of responses were observed in DNA exposed to the homeopathic
preparation. Sometimes the recovery would initially appear normal (a steady
decrease) but after approximately 20 minutes the DNA would stop rewinding
and begin the slowly unwind (positive slope). In other cases it would stop
rewinding and remain stationary, i.e. didn't continue to wind or unwind
(flat slope). In other cases oscillatory behavior was observed very similar
to that observed when the DNA was placed on the powder (see Figure 1B). This
oscillatory behavior may be a characteristic response of DNA to Aulterra's
energy, whether it be radiating from a powder or "read" by the DNA from
information in imprinted water. The non-reproducibility of the phenomenon in
regards to the homeopathic preparation is likely to be due to the fact that
the resonant conditions have not yet been found experimentally. It is
predicted that under the correct resonance conditions, the oscillatory
behavior will be more reproducible.
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