ReviewProceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2017
Quantum effects in biology: golden rule in enzymes, olfaction, photosynthesis and magnetodetection.
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38 citing papers in PubMed.
- Quantum Biology; From Classic Medical Physics to Quantum Medicine.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2026Article
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- The Rigid Double Harmonic Oscillator Model of DNA Base Pairs and the Wignerian Approach for the Transition Rate of Single-Proton Transfer within the Fermi Golden Rule.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2026Article
- The constrained disorder principle accounts for quantum effects in biological systems.Journal of medicine and life · 2026Review
- Non-markovian electron tunneling in SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in structured environments.PloS one · 2026Article
- Nuclear quantum effects in molecular liquids across chemical space.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The Quantum Paradox in Pharmaceutical Science: Understanding Without Comprehending-A Centennial Reflection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Bioelectrical synchronization ofRoyal Society open science · 2025Article
- Investigation of quantum trajectories in photosynthetic light harvesting through a quantum stochastic approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation therapy.JADA foundational science · 2025Review
- Tunneling Times in an Asymmetric Harmonic Double-Well with Application to Electron Transfers in Biological Macromolecules.ACS omega · 2024Article
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- What Is life? Rethinking Biology in Light of Fundamental Parameters.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- New classifications for quantum bioinformatics: Q-bioinformatics, QCt-bioinformatics, QCg-bioinformatics, and QCr-bioinformatics.Briefings in bioinformatics · 2024Review
- The isothermal Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy reduction affects survival of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- When morphology does not fit the genomes: the case of rodent olfaction.Biology letters · 2023Article
- MiMiCPy: An Efficient Toolkit for MiMiC-Based QM/MM Simulations.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2023Article
- Molecular Dynamic Studies of Dye-Dye and Dye-DNA Interactions Governing Excitonic Coupling in Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junctions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite certain quantum concepts, such as superposition states, entanglement, 'spooky action at a distance' and tunnelling through insulating walls, being somewhat counterintuitive, they are no doubt extremely useful constructs in theoretical and experimental physics. More uncertain, however, is whether or not these concepts are fundamental to biology and living processes. Of course, at the fundamental level all things are quantum, because all things are built from the quantized states and rules that govern atoms. But when does the quantum mechanical toolkit become the best tool for the job? This review looks at four areas of 'quantum effects in biology'. These are biosystems that are very diverse in detail but possess some commonality. They are all (i)
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