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WHAT IF YOUR MITOCHONDRIA CAN ACTUALLY SENSE A MAGNETIC FIELD?

Johns Hopkins researchers have been investigating a human mitochondrial protein called electron transfer flavoprotein, or ETF — part of the machinery that transfers electrons during metabolism. [1,2]

Here’s where it gets wild.

ETF has characteristics remarkably similar to proteins involved in magnetic sensing in migratory birds.

And the possible connection comes down to something called:

THE RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM

During certain biochemical reactions, electrons can temporarily form correlated radical pairs.

Electrons possess a quantum property called spin.

And magnetic fields can influence those spin dynamics.

In other words, a magnetic field may potentially influence the outcome of a biochemical reaction by interacting with the quantum behavior of electrons.

Think about that.

MAGNETIC FIELD
↓
ELECTRON SPIN
↓
CHEMICAL REACTION
↓
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES
↓
MITOCHONDRIAL BIOLOGY

Then researchers took it further.

In a 2024 experiment using human ETF, changing the magnetic-field environment altered the measured balance between two reactive oxygen species:

superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. [3]

This is why I find quantum biology so fascinating.

Because underneath receptors...

underneath enzymes...

underneath genes...

underneath metabolism...

are electrons.

And electrons obey quantum mechanics.

Johns Hopkins researcher Carlos Martino summarized the implications perfectly:

“For the first time ever, we’ve opened up the possibility that an external magnetic field could have an influence on the underlying chemistry of a protein found in humans.” [4]

Read that again.

We may be discovering that biology doesn't just respond to molecules.

It may also respond to the physics surrounding those molecules.

Welcome to quantum biology.

🔬 SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES

[1] Husen P, Nielsen C, Martino CF, Solov’yov IA. (2019).
Molecular Oxygen Binding in the Mitochondrial Electron Transfer Flavoprotein.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.
2019;59(11):4868–4879.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00702

[2] Salerno KM, Domenico J, Le NQ, Stiles CD, Solov’yov IA, Martino CF. (2022).
Long-Time Oxygen Localization in Electron Transfer Flavoprotein.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.
2022;62(17):4191–4199.
Published online: August 23, 2022.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00430

[3] Austvold CK, Keable SM, Procopio M, Usselman RJ. (2024).
Quantitative Measurements of Reactive Oxygen Species Partitioning in Electron Transfer Flavoenzyme Magnetic Field Sensing.
Frontiers in Physiology.
2024;15:1348395.
Published: February 2, 2024.
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1348395

[4] Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. (2023).
Researchers Use Quantum Biology to Understand Human Response to Earth’s Magnetic Field.
Published: March 13, 2023.
Johns Hopkins APL.

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