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2026-10-06 Frontiers in Physiology (frontiersin.org) - Rahn-Otto

  • I. Volodyaev, L. V. Beloussov (2015) "Revisiting the mitogenetic effect of ultra-weak photon emission", Front. Physiol. 6:241, doi:10.3389/fphys.2015.00241 (open access; PMC4561347 gave a reCAPTCHA).
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  • Abstract: a review of "the 90 years long controversial history" of mitogenetic radiation, "the first case of non-chemical distant interactions".
  • On Rahn: the "bacterial protocol" is "originally from Wolf, but optimized by Rahn"; Rahn's 1936 book is used as a methods source. (Claim 7.)
  • On Hollaender and Claus (1937): the authors argue that the negative study used conditions that were "new, and never checked before" (culture age, medium, thickness of the detector layer, induction time). (Claim 7; the reviewers should weigh this as the authors' reading.)
  • On Quickenden (1974-1989): photon emission from yeast was measured, but the biological effect was not reproduced; the authors again say the conditions were new. On the 1989 UV-stimulation attempt, they say Quickenden departed from a stated recommendation.
  • Intensity: mitogenetic emission estimated at "10-10^3 quanta/cm^2/s" (compare the book's 100-1000 quanta/cm2/s, claim 1 and Chapter VI).
  • On Wainwright et al. (1997): obtained "a good effect" but "could not make it reproducible".
  • Conclusion: the effect demands "scrupulousness in details"; they call it "undeservedly forgotten" and worth new study with modern methods.
  • Interested party note: Volodyaev and Beloussov work in the Gurwitsch tradition at Moscow State University (Beloussov is linked by the reference list to the Gurwitsch conferences). Their reading of the negative studies is their characterization.