Unique algorithm for the evaluation of embryo photon emission and viability

" Here, we detected UPE from mouse embryos, providing the basis for an embryo monitoring system with the control of developmental, physiological and energetic processes under ideal dark incubation conditions with no external physical or chemical stimulation. We developed a unique algorithm for EW-SFD calculation that demonstrates the self-similar structure of the energy released by embryos in the form of photons. Analyses based on the self-similar image structure enabled the distinction of living and degenerated embryos, as well as frozen and fresh embryos and the background." {Credits 1}

" Biologists have long known about the luminescence of living organisms. A new field of research focuses on biophotons, emitted by living cells in quantities too small to be seen. In research conducted in a dark laboratory, Mayburov [21] found that biophotons emitted from older loach eggs inhibited the growth of immature eggs. Such radiation had previously been found to communicate between distant samples, resulting in the synchronisation of their development. Mayburov [21] recognised a binary pattern in the biophoton data, with periodic bursts that provided a clue about such communication; the pattern resembled human transmissions over noisy communication channels, which may be similar to the exchange of binary-coded data through channels in computer networks." {Credits 1}

" Popp et al. [18] assumed that biophotons (i.e. UPE) presented a wide variety of frequencies that originate from DNA. He also reported that biophotons are coherent and suggested that they regulate organisms’ life processes. However, the idea that UPE is coherent is under debate. Whether UPE is a byproduct of biological metabolism or has some informational or functional role, and the spectral fingerprints of embryos, remain unclear. More research is needed to determine, for example, how cells produce photons, whether other cells sense them and, if so, how they react." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Berke, J., Gulyás, I., Bognár, Z. et al. Unique algorithm for the evaluation of embryo photon emission and viability. Sci Rep 14, 15066 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61100-8. © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.