Interfaces for the Impact of Magnetic Pulses or EMF in Molecular Biology
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2025 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editor
2. Division of Preventive Medicine, Dresden International University (DIU), 01067 Dresden, Germany
Interests: biophysics; physics of the cell; impact of physical factors like EMF on cell and molecular biology; cell culture; immunohistochemistry; PCR; immunofluorescence; flow cytometry; western blot analysis; cell line culture; gene expression; electrophoresis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the use of refined methods in molecular and cell biology, we are now able to gather more precise information regarding the impact of biophysical agents like magnetic pulses or EMF in biological systems. This opens up new opportunities to stabilize homeostasis in cells and tissues and to treat diseases ranging from orthopedics, bone and cartilage regeneration, to neurology and psychiatry via, e.g., transcranial magnetic stimulation.
The currently discussed mechanism at the interface of physics and biology is manifold, such as changes in the resting potential of the cell membrane, impact at the charged molecules of receptors outside the membrane, voltage-gated membrane channels, etc. The magnetic contribution of coupling may work via cryptochromes or similar molecules. These triggers are known to elicit signaling cascades of radical oxygen species, nitric oxide, growth factors, cryptochromes, and other mechanisms also involving epigenetic and genetic changes. First attempts are being made to tackle molecular cascades by, e.g., transcriptomics and single-cell studies.
It is necessary to model exactly treatment methods and monitor the cellular and molecular reactions of biophysical impacts in patients. Thus, more sophisticated devices, e.g., ultrasensitive magnetic sensors, are needed, as are refined online tissue imaging methods.
The present Special Issue aims to shed light on this emerging field of biophysical impact on biological systems and contribute to ensuring safe and effective clinical treatments.
Prof. Dr. Richard H. W. Funk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electromagnetic treatment
- magnetic pulses
- biological interface
- cell biology
- molecular biology
- signaling cascades
- clinical treatment
- monitoring
- sensors
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