Growth inhibition of cultured human liver carcinoma cells by Ki-energy (life-energy): Scientific evidence for Ki-effects on cancer cells

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-393

  Ohnishi, S Tsuyoshi ^a   Ohnishi, Tomoko ^b   Nishino, Kozo ^c   Tsurusaki, Yoshinori ^d   Yamaguchi, Masayoshi ^d  

^a Philadelphia Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c School of Nishino Breathing Method   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breathing exercise; c myc; Cancer cells; HepG2; Infrared radiation; Regucalcin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; REGUCALCIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PATIENT; CELL COUNT; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENERGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; KI ENERGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24344464354     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh116     Document Type: Article

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