Fröhlich's coherent excitations & the cancer problem - A retrospecive overview of his guiding philosophy

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-329

  Hyland, G J ^a  

^a International Institute of Biophysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological coherence; Cancer; Cell division control; Fr hlich

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COHERENCE; CANCER CELLS; COHERENT EXCITATIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; IN-CELL; LIVING SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL PHYSICS;

BIOLOGY; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CELL PROLIFERATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 72749088465     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368370802708827     Document Type: Article

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