On September 12th, the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) will host a conference on cancer bioelectricity via Zoom.
Michael Levin, a professor of biology and biomedical engineering at Tufts University in Massachusetts, will be the keynote speaker. The meeting begins at 8:30 am (U.S. Eastern Time) and ends at 4 pm. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
In an email announcement, NCI states:
“Bioelectricity regulates many life functions, and cancer cells have altered electrical properties which can disrupt the normal cellular signaling pathways leading to carcinogenic processes including tumor initiation, promotion and progression. Understanding cancer bioelectricity can lead to the development of novel approaches to cancer detection, diagnosis and therapy. The conference will address the fundamental aspects of cancer bioelectricity.”
The program:
In her book, We Are Electric, published last year, Sally Adee describes Levin as “among those who have found evidence to suggest that the electrical dimensions of life can exert control over genes, providing a way to hack other systems we previously thought were too complex to precisely control.”
Some background reading on Levin’s work:
- “The Biologist Blowing Our Minds,” Nautilus, June 28, 2023.
- “Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth,” Quanta Magazine, March 13, 2018.
- “This Scientist Re-Wires Frogs To Grow Extra Limbs. Could It Work in Humans?” Popular Science, December 26, 2016.
- “It’s Electric: Biologists Seek to Crack Cell’s Bioelectric Code,” Scientific American, March 23, 2013.
- “Voltage Change Forms Eyes in Head —or Wherever,” Science, December 9, 2011.
There’s also Robert Becker’s classic The Body Electric, still in print 40 years after it was first published.
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