Arasys Perfector - iPico Ion Magnum

Xanya Sofra-Weiss. Ph.D, (2008)

Ionic Currents: The Spark of Life and Directional Force in Cellular Metabolism and Energetics.

The aging process cannot be conceptualized by examining a single gene or a single pathway, but can best be addressed at the systems level. Aging is not only the sum total of shortened telomeres, denatured proteins and DNA molecules, or oxidative damage in the mitochondria. Aging attacks key regulatory nodes crucial for the biological network stability. It is the dynamic process of increasing imbalances in the systemic organization of degenerating biological processes. DNA and stem cells engineering have successfully reversed certain individual components of time attrition resulting in rejuvenation and aging delay. So far, research has merely followed a sequential process that goes from the part to the whole, identifying aging genes and engineering stem cells, etc. However, discovering pieces of the puzzle still requires identification of the interconnections between matching pieces before the solution emerges. The old, the ill, and the injured all suffer from misarranged patterns of atoms. A single substitution an A for a G in a DNA molecule can cause a significant change in the conductance of the molecule leading to cancer. Such research findings demonstrate how the sequence and interrelations of amino acids in a protein, or the sequence of base pairs in a DNA molecule can become determining factors between health and disease, aging and youth. Gene expression is stronger when the gene is attached to the nuclear envelope (the membrane that surrounds the nucleus) than when it moves away from the nuclear envelope (see image). In other words, cells make use of the nuclear architecture to code epigenetic information. The DNA sequence alone doesn’t determine everything. The importance of the spatial organization or nuclear architecture in regulating gene expression begs for scientific observation that does not merely focus on the study of atoms and molecules, (the basic components of a Gestalt); but on the interrelations, sequence, orientation and spatial organization of these atoms and molecules (the dynamic whole or Gestalt). Recent research has shown that DNA, proteins, cells, including stem cells, appear to be electrical in that they demonstrate conductivity or the presence of ionic currents. Since electricity is a dynamic entity emerging out of the interactions of atoms and molecules, we propose that perhaps the simplest way of focusing on the entire system is by decoding the complex electrical signals that map biological interactions with respect to spatial organization. Biological signals must be analyzed in terms of their amperage, frequency, voltage, interactions, orientation, spatial organization. Next will be their translation into electronic signals that comply with the specifications of amperage, frequency, voltage or biological signals. Electronic signals will then be intertwined to orchestrate a Gestalt waveform built on the basis of information attained from observations of biological interactions and architecture – a process similar to that done in Pollock’s lab (1990-2004). This Gestalt waveform will act as an electronic diplomat to awaken biological processes that have diminished with aging or disease by signaling the recuperation and activation of biological reparative mechanisms leading to extended longevity.

Xanya Sofra-Weiss, Ph.D & Ali Mohamed, M.D.

Individual phenotypic differences result in a variation of T4 to Free T3 conversion. Free T3 stimulates lipolysis. This leads to polymorphic and individualized lipid deposition patterns. Hyperthyroidism is associated with weight loss via an increase in metabolic rate and lipolysis. Hypothyroidism, on the other hand, is associated with weight gain via a decrease in metabolic rate.

A literature review by Guillermo et al (2003) has shown that the risk of thyroid dysfunction in Diabetic patients is two- to threefold higher than in the general population. A number of studies have shown that thyroid hormones represented by serum total T3 and T4 concentrations and serum Free T3 and T4 concentrations were significantly lower in obese non-insulin-dependent diabetics than control subjects. Low T3 is also a strong predictor of mortality in cardiac patients and may be directly implicated in the poor prognosis of cardiac patients.

The biological functions of GF (GH) are carried out by Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1). IGF-1 is the key determinant of somatic growth. It regulates puberty and gonadal function, and influences body composition as well as structural and functional maintenance of adult tissues. Loss of skeletal muscle mass, increased adiposity, and other unwelcome accompaniments of aging have been linked to age-related decline in pituitary GF secretion. On this basis, administration of GH is often advocated as an “anti-aging” therapy. However, administration of GF has a number of adverse side effects such as Diabetes, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, joint and muscle pain, fluid retention, High Blood Pressure, etc. (Hintz, 2004). In addition, mutant GF deficient animals have demonstrated prolonged longevity (Corpas et al, 1993). Recent research in humans (Hoeijmakers et al, 2008) has shown that GF and IGF-1 may be associated with aging as a result of the system’s tendency to focus on growth, which diminishes its capacity to invest in maintenance and repair, i.e. “the survival response.”

Xanya Sofra-Weiss

Aging is not just the sum total of individually deteriorating cells, shortened telomeres, denatured proteins and DNA molecules, or oxidative damage in the mitochondria. Aging is the dynamic process of increasing imbalances caused by: (1) cellular energy shortage, (2) incomplete cellular differentiation, (3) immune deficiency, (4) decreased systemic intelligence reflected in a/ defects in repair mechanisms, b/ inadequate spatial orientation and c/ poor network communication. International research has repeatedly shown that: (1)Electrons stabilize free radicals (2) Electron transport within DNA deflects oxidative damage; (3)Electrons provide a) direction information b) embryonic development c) cellular differentiation d) healing.(4) Electron transport chain results in Protons spinning the ATP-synthase in the mitochondria to produce ATP. Additionally, Proteins, the central intelligence mechanism of the cell are synthesized by aminoacids that are bound by virtue of their electric charge. A number of studies have shown that Protein synthesis occurs at specific frequencies below 1 Hz. Modern electronics and molecular biology research are combined to deduce the specifications for a technology that promotes Healthy Anti-aging. Resonating the firings, spatial organization and rhythms of electrically excitable cells leads to healing and rejuvenation in a completely safe, noninvasive method. However, to date, few devices pay attention to waveform formation that reflects the essence of cellular communications. There is a lot to be gained by developing a device that can emit signals capable of intertwining with those of signal transduction receptors (including G proteins, gene transcription and the activation of T cells). Such a device will not only become the protagonist in Anti-aging but it will have sufficient sophistication to heal disease and enhance overall immune efficiency.

Xanya Sofra-Weiss, Ph.D

Modern electronics and molecular biology research are combined to deduce the specifications for a technology that promotes Healthy Anti-aging. Resonating the firings, spatial organization and rhythms of electrically excitable cells leads to healing and rejuvenation in a completely safe, noninvasive method. The pervasive presence of ionic currents in core biological functions: (1) signal transduction, (2) the electrical conductivity of DNA, (3) the electromagnetic dynamics of protein conformation, render nanoelectricity the common denominator of all integral parts composing the Gestalt of a living organism. However, to date, few devices pay attention to waveform formation that reflects the essence of cellular communications. A simple square waveform is too impoverished to resonate the harmonious complexity of a biological system, the way a two piece band is insufficient in delivering the musical richness of a symphony. The waveform is as important in cellular resonance as language is in verbal communication. Language is confined by grammar and syntax rules in order to convey a message correctly. Similarly, a waveform is confined by the spatial organization and rhythm of endogenous electrical signals that cells use in their multifaceted networking. Ion resonance has a harmonic specificity that has to be encompassed before a device is designed. There is a lot to be gained by developing a device that can emit signals capable of inter twining with those of signal transduction receptors (including G proteins, gene transcription and the activation of T cells). Such a device will not only become the protagonist in Anti-aging but it will have sufficient sophistication to heal disease and enhance overall immune efficiency

To follow up on the calorie restriction research noted today at the Longevity Meme, here is more of the same: A number of studies have shown that restricting calories increases the lifespan of animals, but the biological basis for this has remained elusive. A new report hints that growth hormone, as well as insulin, are key factors in the life-extending effects of calorie restriction. “The implication for pharmaceutical development would be that the signaling pathways of growth hormone and insulin may be logical targets for development of anti-aging medicine”
Bartke’s team tested whether growth hormone and insulin are tied to the life-extending effects of calorie restriction in a series of experiments with normal mice and mutant mice deficient in growth hormone. The mutant mice do not express the receptor for growth hormone (and are therefore growth hormone resistant), have profoundly suppressed insulin levels, and are known to live longer and age more slowly than normal mice … in sharp contrast to its effects in normal mice, calorie restriction failed to increase lifespan in mutant mice lacking growth hormone receptor.
Although it would be irresponsible to recommend that healthy people start using anti-diabetic drugs,” said Bartke, “it is reasonable to suggest that treatment(s) causing an improvement in insulin sensitivity combined with modest reduction in insulin release would reduce risk of age-related disease and likely also delay aging. Most interesting. Calorie restriction researchers are pulling at strands of the tangled knot of metabolic biochemistry - everything affects everything else. It is possible that an extra decade or two of healthy life span for even the most healthy and long-lived amongst us could result from present research into the biochemistry of calorie restriction. It’s also possible that nothing of the sort will materialize prior to this line of research being rendered obsolete by the advance of much more aggressive approaches to tackling aging. It seems to me that metabolic research cannot be more than a stepping stone to far better ways of extending the healthy human life span. Scientists should already be striding beyond these studies to tackle the repair of age-related damage in a more direct manner.