The Effect of Energy Healing on in vitro Tumour Cells Proliferation Cell Cycle and Apoptosis-an Experimental Study
Journal Title: Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology - Year 2009, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
In this paper, we examined the ability of healing, involving subtle energy fields in and around the practitioner’s body for medical purposes to damage cancer cells in vitro. Contact treatments by Reiki practitioners were combined with techniques of cell culture and randomized, blind design on human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. The effects of cancer cell damage were characterized by measurements of cell proliferation suppression, cell cycle distribution, and increased apoptosis. Student’s t-test calculations (significant difference at P<0.05) and ANOVA tests were used. The contact treatment significantly increased the amount of cells in the early stages of apoptosis in MCF-7 cells (control 1.37 ± 1.48; treated 35.8 ± 4.94; P < 0.001). The amount of MCF-7 cells in the sub G1 checkpoint had been increased as well (control 1.2 ± 0.2; treated 28.4 ± 16.4; P<0.05). The resulting cell damage reduced tumor cell growth (MCF-7 control 41900 ± 1090; treated 24800 ± 4420; P<0.003). It proves that subtle energy treatment can cause significant damage and cell growth decrease in cancer cells.
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Nadejda Rozanova
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