Gurwitsch A A
Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Academy of the Medical Sciences, Moscow, USSR.
Experientia. 1988 Jul 15;44(7):545-50. doi: 10.1007/BF01953301.
The 'miracle of caryokinesis' was the starting point that stimulated Alexander G. Gurwitsch to carry out his famous 'mitogenetic' experiments in 1923. The results obtained confirmed his hypothesis of a weak radiation from cells, which is able to trigger the growth of other cells. Extensive experimental work within the first two decades after this discovery indicated that the problem of mitogenetic radiation is generally related to the biological significance of UV-radiation. Both 'energetic' and 'informational' aspects have to be considered, namely radiation effective in activating molecules, and that involved in arranging them into larger units. The molecular organization of biological structures is evidently governed by nonequilibrium conditions needing the uptake or emission of radiation. These concepts of A. G. Gurwitsch can be linked with modern approaches based on hypotheses of coherence in biology, 'synergetics' and 'dissipative structures'. However, the question of causal interrelationships between this part of non-equilibrium radiation and biological matter on different levels of evolution has to be solved now.
“有丝分裂的奇迹”是促使亚历山大·G·古尔维奇在1923年开展其著名的“有丝分裂发生”实验的出发点。所获得的结果证实了他关于细胞发出微弱辐射的假说，这种辐射能够触发其他细胞的生长。在这一发现后的头二十年里进行的大量实验工作表明，有丝分裂发生辐射的问题总体上与紫外线辐射的生物学意义相关。必须考虑“能量”和“信息”两个方面，即有效激活分子的辐射以及涉及将分子排列成更大单元的辐射。生物结构的分子组织显然受需要吸收或发射辐射的非平衡条件支配。A.G.古尔维奇的这些概念可以与基于生物学中的相干性假说、“协同学”和“耗散结构”的现代方法联系起来。然而，现在必须解决这种非平衡辐射的这一部分与不同进化水平上的生物物质之间的因果相互关系问题。
