First Nano-Sized Molecular Device Capable of Sensing and Altering Cells' Bioelectric Fields - SciTechDaily

For experiments outside the human body (in vitro), the device would nest on the cell’s membrane: a “reporter” molecule would detect the local electric field when activated by red light; an attached “modifier” molecule would alter that electric field when activated by blue light.

USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering the cell’s electric field, ushering in new possibilities for basic research.

It’s a completely new material for “reading and writing” the electric field without damaging nearby cells and tissue.

Each of the two molecules, linked by a short chain of carbon atoms, has its own separate function: one molecule acts as a “sensor” or detector that measures the local electric field when triggered by red light; a second molecule, “the modifier,” generates additional electrons when exposed to blue light.

Because the reporter molecule can insert into tissue, it has the possibility to measure electric fields non-invasively, providing ultra-fast, 3-D, high resolution imaging of neural networks.

In addition, the modifier molecule, by altering the nearby electric field of cells, can precisely damage a single point, allowing future researchers to determine the cascading effects throughout, say, an entire network of brain cells or heart cells.

Reference: “Multifunctional photoresponsive organic molecule for electric field sensing and modulation” by Yingmu Zhang, Jinghan He, Patrick J.

THE CELL could not have evolved!

A partially evolved cell would quickly disintegrate under the effects of random forces of the environment, especially without the protection of a complete and fully functioning cell membrane.

A partially evolved cell cannot wait millions of years for chance to make it complete and living.

In fact, it couldn’t have even reached the partially evolved state?

Just having the right materials, elements, and conditions do not mean that life can arise by chance.

The various amino acids that make-up life must link together in a precise sequence, just like the letters in a sentence, to form functioning protein molecules?

Even the simplest cell is made up of many millions of various protein molecules.

This is because oxygen is destructive unless there are mechanisms already in place to control, direct, and regulate it, such as what we find in already existing forms of life.

Furthermore, none of these sequential molecules, proteins, DNA, RNA, can function outside of a complete and living cell and all are mutually dependent on one another?

The probability of just a single average size protein molecule arising by chance is 10 to the 65th power.

The cell could not have evolved.

A partially evolved cell would quickly disintegrate under the effects of random forces of the environment, especially without the protection of a complete and fully functioning cell membrane.

A partially evolved cell cannot wait millions of years for chance to make it complete and living.

In fact, it couldn’t have even reached the partially evolved state.

Of course, once there is a complete and living cell then the code and mechanisms exist to direct the formation of more cells.

Natural laws may explain how a cell or airplane works but mere undirected natural laws could not have brought about the existence of either.

Scientists didn’t create life itself

What they’ve done is, by using intelligent design and sophisticated technology, scientists built DNA code from scratch and then they implanted that man-made DNA into an already existing living cell and alter that cell

That’s what synthetic life is

Through genetic engineering scientists have been able to produce new forms of life by altering already existing forms of life, but they have never created life from non-living matter

There’s no conscious selection by nature, and natural selection only operates in nature once there is life and reproduction and not before, so it would not be of assistance to the origin of life