From: laura@nospam.me   
      
   "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2005.02.04.08.35.59.122187@edenroad.demon.co.uk...   
   > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:05:45 +0100, Laura wrote:   
   >   
   > > While that original idea has been abandoned when it became understood   
   how   
   > > cells do divide, there may be some merit to the idea that cells do   
   > > communicate with their immediate neighbors using photons (named   
   biophotons   
   > > because of their function and origin rather than any difference from   
   regular   
   > > photons), and this is being researched.   
   > > So, the body may give off an incredibly tiny amount of (technically)   
   visible   
   > > light, and the place where this would be most visible would of course be   
   by   
   > > looking at the retina through the pupil.   
   >   
   > Why?  Wouldn't the skine be more luminous?   
      
   The lens of the eyeball would gather more photons into a small point. Well,   
   at just the right distance from the eye, anyway.   
      
   >   
   > > That the body gives off a sort of light, only not in the visible   
   spectrum,   
   > > is of course well known. Anything over absolute zero temperature does.   
   > > Infrared light.   
   > > The thing about these biophotons is that they are apparently in the   
   visible   
   > > band, though far too few to see.   
   >   
   > The figuers I have here suggest a frequency of 200-800nm, and 20 orders   
   > of magnitude weaker than common fluorescence of photophosphorence.   
      
   Yes. Very very ultra-faint :-)   
      
   >   
   > It's still a little "fringe" for my taste though. :-)   
      
   I just thought I'd give it a mention :-)   
      
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