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Main electrical processes in cells are defined by membranes. The membrane maintains a biochemical environment inside the cell that differs from the outside one, keeping the electrical potential negative inside the cell and organizing the selective transport across the surface. In the paper, it is attempted to explain the cell membrane electrodynamics using modelling experiments with magnetic dipoles. It is shown that the membrane has a definite symmetry or handenness. In addition, a characteristic mechanism of the excited state physics is given. The modelling experiments have also shown that a membrane with different symmetry can exist. Since the electrical processes in these cases are different, such cells could be dangerous to organisms. The recent knowledge of physical processes in a carbon sheet just of one atom thick and its biophysical aspects are discussed.
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Valdmanis, J. (2013). The Modelling of Cell Membrane Electrodynamics. In: Dekhtyar, Y., Katashev, A., Lancere, L. (eds) International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, 10-12 October, 2012, Riga, Latvia. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34197-7_23
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