The University of Calgary has for the first time decoded the mechanism of bio-photon emission inherent to all living organisms. This ultraweak photon emission (UPE) is not related to bioluminescence and does not require external energy. It results from cellular metabolism and the release of active forms of oxygen by cells, and it practically disappears immediately after the organism dies, even though body temperature is still preserved.
The glow is especially pronounced in stress and damaged areas of plants and animals. Tissue restoration is also accompanied by changes in UPE, which makes it possible to observe the healing process in real time.
Today, it is already possible to imagine how in the future doctors could use such methods for early detection of inflammation, tumors, stress, or metabolic disorders—long before symptoms or pathologies appear. This could be beneficial not only for people but also for animals, which cannot say where it hurts.
Perhaps in a few years, instead of receiving a referral for a routine blood test, at a doctor’s appointment we will hear: “Let me shine a little light on you—we’ll see where your body is signaling.”
