Different chemical reaction times between normal and solid cancer cells

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-61

  Lucia, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878544401     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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