Meggs W J
Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Med Hypotheses. 1998 Dec;51(6):503-6. doi: 10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90073-1.
In biological systems, complex molecules interact with specificity and rapidity. The hypothesis is advanced that there are complementary sites on the surfaces of pairs of biological molecules with an enhanced attraction due to quantum mechanics. I postulate that a biological homing effect arises from the quantum mechanical probability that complementary pairs of molecules will join, and that this phenomenon is the force that drives biology and gives rise to the existence of life. To illustrate the approach, a simplified calculation is given for the interaction cross-section between two molecules, each with N surface charges that have an identical spatial distribution but with paired charges having opposite signs. The resulting cross-section is enhanced by a factor of N2 over the coulomb-scattering cross-section for a single pair of charges. We hypothesize that the existence of life is a direct and inevitable consequence of the principles presented here.
在生物系统中，复杂分子以特异性和快速性相互作用。有人提出这样一种假说：由于量子力学的作用，生物分子对的表面存在互补位点，从而具有增强的吸引力。我假定，生物归巢效应源于互补分子对结合的量子力学概率，并且这种现象是驱动生物学并导致生命存在的力量。为了说明这种方法，给出了两个分子之间相互作用截面的简化计算，每个分子具有N个表面电荷，这些电荷具有相同的空间分布，但配对电荷具有相反的符号。与单对电荷的库仑散射截面相比，所得截面增大了N²倍。我们假设生命的存在是这里提出的原理的直接且必然的结果。
