Re: [electroherbalism] Re: Water and Godzilla

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:16:13 -0000 " mnhijazi_99 "

writes:

> Dear Friends,

> I got the following response from another Yahoo group member

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>

>

> And what's that supposed to do? Did you know that mammalian cells

> are

> much more delicate than bacterial cells cause they don't have a cell

> wall made of carbohydrates and they are much larger. I am willing to

> bet that your cells will be damaged long before any bacteria feel

> anything. It is a simple matter of physics and chemistry. "

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Unfortunately it probably is not that simple...

If one is just considering the structural integrity of bacterial vs.

human cells...yes bacteria have strong cell walls, but only sometimes.

There are quite often variant forms without the rigid cell walls, and

these membrane-only forms can be produced by a number of conditions in

the environment of the bacteria, including presence of certain

antibiotics and / or chemicals which is extensively documented. (Lida

Mattman's book " Cell Wall Deficient Forms " spends an entire chapter on

the subject of antibiotic & chemical degradation of the wall). And then,

there is the mycoplasma family of bacteria which never have the rigid

wall.

Also human tissue cells have other structural factors that bacteria do

not have, specifically internal cytoskeletal substances including

microtubules, actin filaments, and other filaments. These give a cell

its shape and structural integrity, assist in its capacity to move, or

arrange its internal organelles as necessary. And then, there are other

substances outside of cells that give support as well.

Then there's the matter of differences in electrical characteristics and

response between bacteria and in vivo human tissue. This would be

difficult to cover in email. There are numerous differences between

bacterial and human cells, including the fact that animal & human cells

have more complex & varied lipid molecules in their membranes than

bacteria do, some of which play roles in adjustment of electrical field

across membranes, electrical insulation, alteration of concentrations of

surrounding ion concentration, etc. For an introduction see Alberts et

al, Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd ed), p. 481-485; 521-523; and

22-25, as well as other texts and journal articles.

Best wishes,

Char

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