Bioelectric Fields at the Beginnings of Life

" It points to the possibility that as bioelectricity is universally prevalent in biological systems today, it represents a more complex echo of an electromagnetic skeleton which helped shape life into being. It could be argued that as a flow of ions creates an electric field, this could have been pivotal in the formation of an energy dissipating structure, for instance, in deep sea thermal vents. Moreover, a field theory might also hint at the potential involvement of nontrivial quantum effects in life. Not only might this perspective help indicate the origins of morphogenetic fields, but also perhaps suggest where life may have started, and whether metabolism or information came first. It might also help to provide an insight into aging, cancer, consciousness, and, perhaps, how we might identify life beyond our planet." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Alistair V.W. Nunn, Geoffrey W. Guy, and Jimmy D. Bell.Bioelectric Fields at the Beginnings of Life. Bioelectricity. Ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2022.0012. © 2022 Alistair V.W. Nunn et al. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.