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Effects of intentionally-treated water on cell migration of human glioblastoma cells

December 9, 2024
Dean Radin, PhD
Chang-Tze Ricky Yu, Dean I. Radin, Chen-Yu Chu, Yung-Jong Shiah, Effects of intentionally-treated water on cell migration of human glioblastoma cells, EXPLORE, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2025, 103100, ISSN 1550-8307, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2024.103100.
Abstract

Objective: This study investigated if human glioblastoma cancer cells (U87MG cell line) cultured in intentionally treated water could reduce cell migration, a prerequisite for metastasis, as compared to the same cells cultured in untreated (control) water.

Design: Three Buddhist monks entered a meditative state and directed their awareness to bottles of ultrapure water while holding the intention that the water would cause beneficial changes in U87MG. The study was conducted double-blind whereby all aspects of the study involving cell growth and migration measures, as well as all subsequent statistical evaluations, were performed without knowledge of the type of water being used. Cell cultures were incubated in growth mediums prepared with treated and untreated water, and a wound healing assay was employed to measure cell migration.

Results: U87MG cells incubated with treated water migrated less efficiently than the same cells in untreated water. A repeated measures ANOVA, spanning four time periods (0, 3, 6, and 9 h), determined that the time × water condition interaction was associated with p < 0.005.

Conclusion: Intentioned awareness appeared to change as-yet unknown properties of ultrapure water, resulting in a reduction of U87MG cells migration activity. Further research is warranted to replicate these results and to investigate the underlying protein expression mechanisms in influencing cell migration.


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