Cell growth and protection

[Em]

"A cell cannot be in growth and protection mode at the same time. If it's in protection, it stops growing."

 

- Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.

 

The Bilogy of Belief, page 116

 

http://www.brucelipton.com/

 

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Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. is a medical researcher who has done extensive research on the question of gene expression in the human system. Dr. Lipton advocates a radical position that states our perception of reality sets forces in motion that actually rewrites our genetic makeup.

 

" ..the cell is a self powered microprocessor. Simply stated, the cell is an organic computer. The operation of the cell can be easily understood by noting its homology to the computer: the "CPU" (information processing mechanism) is the cell membrane, the keyboard (data entry) are the membrane receptors, the disk (memory) is the nucleus, the screen (data output) is the physical state of the cell. Receptor/effector IMP complexes, the units of "perception," are equivalent to computational bits"

 

When a perception unit recognizes an environmental signal, it will activate a cell function. Though there are hundreds of behavioral functions expressed by a cell, all behaviors can be classified as either growth or protection responses. Cells move toward growth signals and away from life threatening stimuli (protection response). Since a cell can not move forward and backward at the same time, a cell can not be in growth and protection at the same time. At the cellular level, growth and protection are mutually exclusive behaviors. This is true for human cells as well. If our tissues and organs perceive a need for protection, they will compromise their growth behavior. Chronic protection leads to a disruption of the tissue and its function.

 

What happens if a cell experiences a stressful environment but does not have a gene program (behavior) to deal with the stress? .... if an organism "perceives a stress that is actually not there, the misperception can actually change the genes to accommodate the "belief." "Perceptions" lie between the environment and cell expression. If our perceptions are accurate, the resulting behavior will be life enhancing. If we operate from "misperceptions," our behavior will be inappropriate and will jeopardize our vitality by compromising our health."

 

 

[Em]

This man's research is truly fascinating. The implications are insurmountable. It's basically "mind over matter".

 

This sentence explains so much: "A cell cannot be in growth and protection mode at the same time."

[vava]

I'm under the impression that true researchers and advocates studying the concept(s) of epigenetics feel this guy is out to lunch. But who knows, really? Scientists think they have a pretty good idea of what takes place leading up to and during gene expression, but there's still a lot left to learn... there could be some truth to what he's saying.

[DominO123]

I'm under the impression that true researchers and advocates studying the concept(s) of epigenetics feel this guy is out to lunch. But who knows, really? Scientists think they have a pretty good idea of what takes place leading up to and during gene expression, but there's still a lot left to learn... there could be some truth to what he's saying.

 

Actually, what he say is not technically wrong, it is the way he present it which many have a problem with. A cell which protect itself can not divide because it uses the ressources to protect itself rather than starting sell division. Dividing during protection can have real consequence, one of which is due to the DNA replication. During mitosis the genetic material becomes prone to mutation or damage, the cell should make sure through several ways that it is save and that it has all the ressources to divide.

 

Humans are not different, before having a child (unless it is an accident) the woman make sure she is healthy and they have the ressources.