Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 A Chronological List of the Theoretical Concepts

Discussed in this Book

As a postdoctoral fellow under David E. Green (1910–1983) at the

Institute for Enzyme Research at the University of Wisconsin in Madison

from 1970 to 1974, I formulated the concept of the conformon in 1972,

defined as conformational strains of biopolymers driving goal-directed

molecular motions in living cells. The conformon was postulated to pro-

vide the ultimate molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of

oxidative phosphorylation (oxphos) in mitochondria. During the past

four and a half decades, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity

to continue my theoretical research on the conformon, leading to the

formulation of the numerous theoretical concepts related directly or indi-

rectly to the conformon. The results of these research activities are sum-

marized in Table 1.1, and most of these items and their possible

applications in biomedical research and philosophy are discussed in the

following chapters.

It is interesting to note that G. N. Ling, beginning a decade earlier,

formulated a general theory of cell physiology based on his association–

induction hypothesis (AIH) (reviewed in [1, 2]; see Section 2.12), which,

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