Why are spontaneous bio photons observed only in living organisms? The key role of the proton current in ultra-weak photon emission

" While the emission of higher energy bio photons (above 3 eV, 200-420 nm wavelength) is mainly caused by radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS), lower energy bio photons (below 3 eV, at 420 -1000 nm wavelength) should be associated with the excitation of the protonic system as a result of the flow of the proton current (discussed in this paper). We expect this to have important biomedical implications for diagnosis and therapy using UPE. The similarity of H+LED and UPE spectra allows the use of protonic H+LED as a new broadband light source, ideally suited to mitochondria-oriented low-intensity light therapy." {Credits 1}

{Credits 1} 🎪 Langer, J. J., & Langer, M. (2023). Why are spontaneous bio photons observed only in living organisms? The key role of the proton current in ultra-weak photon emission. bioRxiv, 2023-09. © 2023 The author(s). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.