Increased Proliferation of Bacteria and Yeast Cells from Exposure to EMR

[Guest guest]

In his book, " The Body Electric " O. Becker writes

" Bacteria and yeast cells exposed to these NMR [nuclear magnetic resonance]

conditions

doubled their rate of DNA synthesis and proliferation, but daughter cells were

half-size. "

p. 297

So if EMR can excellerate the proliferation of bacteria and yeast, then it would

also be very

possible that it might have the same effect on mold - both inside and outside

the body.

Since EMR has the effect of knocking out the Natural Killer Cell defense system

which

attacks yeast, mold, and virally infected cells and cancer cells, then this

would certainly

contribute to its proliferation in the body.

Suppression of natural killer cell activity on Candida stellatoidea by a 50 Hz

magnetic field.

Canseven AG,

Seyhan N,

Mirshahidi S,

Imir T.

Department of Biophysics, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.

canseven@...

Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is ubiquitous for almost all

individuals living in

industrialized countries. Epidemiological and laboratory studies suggest that

exposure to

Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) EMF increase cancer risk. The immune system

functions as

one of the body's main protective mechanisms, and Natural Killer (NK) cells are

a subset of

lymphocytes that can destroy several types of tumor cells. In this study, we

investigated,

NK cell activity after exposure to a 50 Hertz (Hz), 2 mT magnetic field

generated by a

Helmholtz Coil. Nineteen male, 10-12 week old guinea pigs were used, and NK

cytotoxic

activity of splenocytes was measured in vitro by natural anticandidial

colorimetric index.

The Mann-Whitney U test was applied for statistical analysis. NK cell cytotoxic

activity was

decreased in exposed compared to controls. Our data suggests that part of the

immune

system, the NK cell, can be suppressed by a 50 Hz magnetic field.

PMID: 16771296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Modulation of natural killer cell function after exposure to 60 Hz magnetic

fields:

confirmation of the effect in mature B6C3F1 mice.

House RV,

McCormick DL.

Life Sciences Department, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA.

In a previous study, we demonstrated that subchronic exposure to pure, linearly

polarized

60 Hz magnetic fields (MFs) at flux densities ranging from 0.002 to 1.0 mT

induced a

modest but statistically significant and reproducible suppression of NK cell

activity in

young adult B6C3F(1) mice. NK cell activity in mice declines with age and is

known to be

suboptimal in older animals. The present study was designed to determine if the

same MF

exposure regimens will suppress NK cell activity in mature (i.e. more than 1

year old)

animals. Extending our previous findings, a modest suppressive effect of MFs on

NK cell

activity in B6C3F(1) mice was found when subchronic exposure was initiated in

animals

held in quarantine for 1 year prior to exposure. These data demonstrate that MF

exposure

suppresses NK cell activity in both young and mature adult B6C3F(1) mice.

However,

because chronic exposure to the same MF parameters used in the NK function

studies

does not increase the incidence of neoplasia in B6C3F(1) mice, this

statistically significant

inhibition of NK cell function appears to be of limited biological significance.

PMID: 10790298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[The effect of electromagnetic radiation with extremely high frequency and low

intensity

on cytotoxic activity of human natural killer cells]

[Article in Russian]

Fedorchuk AG,

Skivka LM,

Stoliarov ZE,

Levchuk IuN,

Mostovaia AV.

EHF electromagnetic radiation under short-time action suppresses the cytotoxical

activity

of the natural killer cells from granulocyte fraction and peripheral blood of

healthy

volunteers; the observed effect is non-linear. Under the long-time irradiation

of the

natural killer cells from the mononuclear fraction of blood, the suppressing

effect gets a

practically linear character after the 20-30 minutes action. Under the long-time

irradiation

of peripheral blood the insignificant stimulation of natural killers was

observed. It is

assumed that the radiation applied can suppress the cytotoxic activity of the

natural

killers, breaking the normal metabolic pathway of phosphatidylinositphosphate.

PMID: 1335293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Anti-candidial activity of natural killer (NK) and lymphokine activated killer

(LAK)

lymphocytes in vitro.

Gulay Z,

Imir T.

Department of Microbiology, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Besevler,

Ankara,

Turkey.

The natural cytotoxic effects of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) on Candida

stellatoidea

and several other Candida species were examined by a colony forming inhibition

(CFI)

assay. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), were incubated with C.

stellatoidea

yeast cells. After the incubation period the colony-forming ability of the yeast

was

significantly reduced. In similar experiments, six different Candida species (C.

albicans, C.

krusei, C. stellatoidea, C. tropicalis, C. pseudotropicalis, C. guillermondii)

were used as

target cells. There was no statistically significant difference in the

anticandidial activities of

PBL against the Candida species used. It was demonstrated that a fraction of

lymphocytes,

natural killer cells (NK), had the major natural anti-candidial activity by

using anti-Leu M1

(CD 15) and anti-Leu 11b (CD 16) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) plus complement

(C'). It

was observed that inhibition of colony-forming ability of C. stellatoidea was

significantly

(78-96%) reduced when anti-Leu 11b plus C' were used. In addition, the colony

formation

inhibition capacity of NK cells was increased by recombinant human interleukin-2

(rhIL-2)

while anti-interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) had no effect. Besides the fact that NK

cells are

among those responsible for natural immunity against Candida species, this

colony-

forming inhibition assay performed with C. stellatoidea yeast cells as target

and

monocyte-depleted PBMC as effector cells, is a simple method to assess NK cell

activity.

PMID: 8877398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Effect of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation on physiological features

of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain UCM Y-517]

[Article in Russian]

Voichuk SI,

Podgorskii VS,

Gromozova EN.

Effect of electromagnetic radiation (40.68 MHz) on growth characteristics of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain UCM Y-517 has been studied. Reliable increase of

the

specific growth rate (by 7-15%) and change of duration of growth phases as a

result of

irradiation of yeast population has been shown. The EMR effect has been found to

depend

on physiological state of the irradiated cells and composition of the

irradiation

performance medium: reliable effects were found only for the cells preliminarily

grown on

the dense nutrition medium in the late phase of delayed growth or on achieving

the

stationary growth phase. The role of radiation term and power as well as of

temperature

factor in EMR effect on the cells is discussed. It has been noted that the

dependence of

specific growth rate of yeast on the initial density of cells population acquire

the nonlinear

character as affected by EMR of radiofrequency range.

PMID: 15456218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Effect of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation on physiological features

of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain UCM Y-517]

[Article in Russian]

Voichuk SI,

Podgorskii VS,

Gromozova EN.

Effect of electromagnetic radiation (40.68 MHz) on growth characteristics of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain UCM Y-517 has been studied. Reliable increase of

the

specific growth rate (by 7-15%) and change of duration of growth phases as a

result of

irradiation of yeast population has been shown. The EMR effect has been found to

depend

on physiological state of the irradiated cells and composition of the

irradiation

performance medium: reliable effects were found only for the cells preliminarily

grown on

the dense nutrition medium in the late phase of delayed growth or on achieving

the

stationary growth phase. The role of radiation term and power as well as of

temperature

factor in EMR effect on the cells is discussed. It has been noted that the

dependence of

specific growth rate of yeast on the initial density of cells population acquire

the nonlinear

character as affected by EMR of radiofrequency range.

PMID: 15456218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

tatic magnetic fields enhancement of Saccharomyces cerevisae ethanolic

fermentation.

da Motta MA,

Muniz JB,

Schuler A,

Da Motta M.

Departments of Biophysics and Chemical Engineering, University Federal de

Pernambuco,

Recife PE 50960.870, Brazil. motta@...

Magnetic effects induced in ethanolic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

strain

DAUFPE-1012 were studied during a 24 h exposure to 220 mT steady magnetic fields

(SMF) at 23 +/- 1 degrees C, produced by NdFeB rod magnets. The magnets were

attached diametrically opposed (N to S) to a cylindrical tube reactor. The

biomass growth

in the reactor culture media (yeast extract + glucose 2%) during 24 h was

monitored by

measurements of optical density, which was correlated to cell dry weight.

Ethanol

concentration and glucose level were measured every 2 h. The pH of the culture

media was

maintained between 4 and 5. As a result, biomass (g/L) increased 2.5-fold and

ethanol

concentration 3.4-fold in magnetized cultures (n = 8) as compared with SMF

nonexposed

cultures (n = 8). Glucose consumption was higher in magnetized cultures, which

correlated to the ethanol yield.

PMID: 14763869 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Preliminary results on the non-thermal effects of 200-350 GHz radiation on the

growth

rate of S. cerevisiae cells in microcolonies.

Hadjiloucas S,

Chahal MS,

Bowen JW.

Department of Cybernetics, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AY,

Berkshire,

UK.

We report preliminary results from studies of biological effects induced by

non-thermal

levels of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. Exponentially growing

Saccharomyces

cerevisiae yeast cells grown on dry media were exposed to electromagnetic fields

in the

200-350 GHz frequency range at low power density to observe possible non-thermal

effects on the microcolony growth. Exposure to the electromagnetic field was

conducted

over 2.5 h. The data from exposure and control experiments were grouped into

either

large-, medium- or small-sized microcolonies to assist in the accurate

assessment of

growth. The three groups showed significant differences in growth between

exposed and

control microcolonies. A statistically significant enhanced growth rate was

observed at 341

GHz. Growth rate was assessed every 30 min via time-lapse photography. Possible

interaction mechanisms are discussed, taking into account Frohlich's hypothesis.

PMID: 12452574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Low-level, magnetic-field-induced growth modification of Bacillus subtilis.

Ramon C,

JT,

MR.

Department of Physical Science, Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine,

Seattle,

Washington 98122.

Experimental studies showed an increase in the growth of Bacillus subtilis

mutant strain

FJ7 above controls by exposing the bacterial culture to 800-Hz or 1-KHz magnetic

fields

with a 2-s-on/2-s-off period. The magnetic field strength was between 0.8 and

2.5 mT.

Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated the morphology of

controls to grow in a macrofiber of right-handed helix formation. In contrast,

the field-

exposed group showed little to no cohesion; the cells appeared to be

homogeneously

distributed throughout the sample. These results suggest that growth patterns of

Bacillus

subtilis can be altered as a result of magnetic-field-induced effects.

PMID: 3117065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Stability improvement of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B in an organic

medium

under microwave radiation.

Rejasse B,

Lamare S,

Legoy MD,

Besson T.

Laboratoire de Biotechnologies et Chimie Bioorganique, CNRS FRE-2766, UFR

Sciences

Fondamentales et Sciences pour l'Ingenieur, Batiment Marie Curie, Universite de

la

Rochelle, F-17042, La Rochelle cedex 1, France.

The influence of microwave heating on the stability of immobilized Candida

antarctica

lipase B was studied at 100 degrees in an organic medium. The microwave

radiation was

carried out before enzymatic reaction (storage conditions) or during the

enzymatic

catalysis (use conditions). In both cases, enzymatic stability was higher under

microwave

heating than under conventional thermal heating, in strictly identical operating

conditions.

Furthermore, the gain of enzymatic stability under microwave heating appears to

be

higher in a more polar solvent, which interacts strongly with the microwave

field. Our

results suggest that microwave radiation has an effect, not related to

temperature, on the

process of enzymatic inactivation.

PMID: 15034633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]