A new theory of the origin of cancer: Quantum coherent entanglement, centrioles, mitosis, and differentiation

BioSystems

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 119-136

  Hameroff, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Cancer; Centrioles; Differentiation; Genomic instability; Laser therapy; Malignancy; Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic spindles; Neoplasm; Quantum coherence; Quantum computation; Quantum entanglement; Quantum optics; Quantum theory; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; PACLITAXEL; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER;

ANAPHASE; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRIOLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; ILLUMINATION; LASER; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 7544220203     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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