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Quantum Nonlocality and Biological Coherence

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Novel effects of quantum-mechanical nonlocality are considered, which can supposedly regulate the coherent development and functioning of living organisms. In particular, the proposed quantum communication mechanism can explain some features of Gurwitsch’s mitogenetic effect. A nonlinear model of distant communications between metastable complex systems is proposed.

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  1. Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow, Russia

    Sergey Mayburov

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  1. Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, European Medical Center, Moscow, Russia

    Ilya Volodyaev

  2. MeLuNa Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Eduard van Wijk

  3. The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Prague, Czech Republic

    Michal Cifra

  4. Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Yury A. Vladimirov

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Mayburov, S. (2023). Quantum Nonlocality and Biological Coherence. In: Volodyaev, I., van Wijk, E., Cifra, M., Vladimirov, Y.A. (eds) Ultra-Weak Photon Emission from Biological Systems . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39078-4_27

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