Attempts to Develop an in vitro Experimental System for Detecting the Effect
of Stimulant Emission using Cultured Human Cells


Author: Yamauchi Masatake 1//Saito Toshiyuki 1//Yamamoto Mikio 2//Hirasawa Masahiko 2

Affiliation: Genome Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan [1]//Division of Radiation Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan [2]
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 1996
Other:
 Volume ID: 14   ,  Issue ID: 2   ,  Pages: 266-271   ,  Special Notes: Also in Japanese. Proceedings of First Symposium of Life Information Science, without peer review.   ,  Word Count: 154  
    



Abstract:
     The ability of certain individuals to cure various diseases and
     injuries using the effect of stimulant emission (ESE) has been argued
     for a long time, and the mechanism of the putative ESE is not clear.
     Moreover, it is widely believed that the existence of ESE itself is
     doubtful. However, assuming that ESE has a positive therapeutic effect,
     we designed simple experimental systems that may be able to detect the
     putative ESE by a colony-formation assay using cultured human cells
     exposed to chemical compounds or ionizing radiations that have a lethal
     effect on cell growth. We report here the results of two pilot
     experiments using G418 as a lethal compound and X ray as ionizing
     radiation. Although an enhancement of colony formation by ESE was not
     detected in the G418 experiment, a slight increase in the number of
     colonies formed was observed in the X ray irradiation experiment,
     possibly caused by the putative ESE.