Photon Information Transmission

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jloz Commentator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 75	Photon Information Transmission 04/13/2005 5:32 PM
	A question for any 'Photonics' people out there or Biophotonic physicists. I was reading about 'biophotonics and was curious about what the ACTUAL difference between a 'photon' and a 'biophoton.' Upon reading an outline on the History of Biophotonics, a number of nuclear physists and biophysisists since 1923 have found that there is a special photon that emminates from DNA and is a transmitter of information. This biophotonic radiation is different than, where light is produced by a chemical reaction within a living organism. According to the outline from the International Institute of Biophysics, Biophotonic radiation is not the product of a chemical reaction, but is apparently the initiator of chemical reactions. From what I understand, the biophoton radiation originates in DNA and transmits information within and between cells. My question is: What is the difference between a 'photon' that eminates from the sun, a photon that eminates from a laser and a 'biophoton' produced from DNA? I have been having a hard time finding more detailed information about the 'biophoton' phenomemon.
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Bayes The Engineer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 5060 Good Answers: 129	#1 photons and stuff 04/13/2005 6:17 PM
	I'd never heard of a "Biophoton" till your post. A couple of google searches later I think I have a few tentative answers and a bunch more questions. 1. Biophoton is a term used to describe a class of photon emission found in living organisms. So a Biophoton is a photon. 2. Everything I read was raising red flags for me as to how much is science and how much is conjecture. 3. Bioluminescence is a process by which organisms generate light for their own benifit (think fireflies). Biophoton emission is NOT for illumination but for "communication" between cells and systems within the body. 4. When they say "special Photon" they mean a particular type of Photon (ie, blue, emitted coherently, etc.), not a new kind of particle. That's all I've got. My honest opinion on this is there is probably something scientific there, but once all the holistic healers and new age light prophets get involved, the truth is so distorted and abused that there is a stigma attached to the legitamate research.
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jloz Commentator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 75	#2 In reply to #1 Re:photons and stuff 04/14/2005 10:11 AM
	I hear what your saying about conjecture and the holistics...thanks for looking into it. I had a hard time coming up with some definitive answers. I beleive there is a bit more legitimacy to this phenomenon, but I think it's just hard to find good papers on the topic. If I come up with anything I'll let you know. Thanks, again.
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mgaulin The Architect Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GlobalSpec, Troy NY Posts: 386 Good Answers: 5	#3 And the wiki says... 04/14/2005 1:22 PM
	From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophotonics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophoton __________________ Mark Gaulin
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