

Roeland Van Wijk: Light in Shaping Life
22 snips May 11, 2025
Roeland Van Wijk, PhD, a leading biophoton researcher and former Associate Professor at Utrecht University, discusses the profound connections between light and life. He explores how biophotons play a role in cellular communication and health, linking light emission from DNA to cancer development. Additionally, he examines the impacts of anesthetics on light spectra and advocates for integrating biophoton insights with both Eastern and Western medicine. Roeland's enlightening take on light’s influence on health and consciousness offers a transformative perspective on our biological systems.
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Biophotons: Cellular Light Communication
- Biophotons are spontaneous light emissions mainly from mitochondria due to reactive oxygen species.
- These photons are crucial for cell communication and energizing molecules with quantized energy.
Collaboration with Fritz Popp
- Roeland Van Wijk collaborated with Fritz Popp on the hypothesis that cancer affects cellular light fields.
- They studied tumor cells with varying properties to see how DNA interacted with light storage.
Chromatin Stores Photons, Not DNA Alone
- The chromatin, not DNA alone, can store photons due to its DNA-protein complex structure.
- Photon storage happens in the hydrogen bonds within the DNA double helix, linking light energy to molecular structure.