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Entropy production in a cell and reversal of entropy flow as an anticancer therapy |
Liao-fu LUO(罗辽复, ) |
| Laboratory of Theoretical Biophysics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China |
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Abstract The entropy production rate of cancer cells is always higher than healthy cells in the case where no external ?eld is applied. Different entropy production between two kinds of cells determines the direction of entropy ?ow among cells. The entropy ?ow is the carrier of information ?ow. The entropy ?ow from cancerous cells to healthy cells takes along the harmful information of cancerous cells, propagating its toxic action to healthy tissues. We demonstrate that a low-frequency and lowintensity electromagnetic ?eld or ultrasound irradiation may increase the entropy production rate of a cell in normal tissue than that in cancer and consequently reverse the direction of entropy current between two kinds of cells. The modi?cation of the PH value of cells may also cause the reversal of the direction of entropy ?ow between healthy and cancerous cells. Therefore, the biological tissue under the irradiation of an electromagnetic ?eld or ultrasound or under the appropriate change of cell acidity can avoid the propagation of harmful information from cancer cells. We suggest that this entropy mechanism possibly provides a basis for a novel approach to anticancer therapy.
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entropy production
information ?ow
cell
ultrasound
electromagnetic ?eld
anticancer therapy
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Corresponding Author(s):
null,Email:lolfcm@mail.imu.edu.cn
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Issue Date: 05 March 2009
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