Author: Traynor-Kaplan, A//Xin Yan
Conference/Journal: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Date published: 2002
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Volume ID: 22 , Issue ID: 5 , Pages: 403-406 , Word Count: 133
Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI 3-kinase) is animportant enzyme that is involved in the regulation of avariety of biological processes such as apoptosis, celldivision, and ion channel activity and can play a rolein the pathological development of a number of diseases,including AIDS and cancer. The authors' dataindicate that external qi of Yan Xin Life Science Technology(YXLST) can modulate enzyme activity in twodirections. Within a time window of 3 days of the initialemission of external qi ofYXLST, PI 3-kinase activitywas restored in an outdated enzyme sample that hadlost activity, and PI 3-kinase activity was suppressedin a freshly purified sample relative to an untreatedcontrol sample so that its activity was nearly undetectable.The data presented are consistent with the hypothesisthat external qi of YXLST can alter molecularevents. The uniqueness of this and other observationsmandates further study.