Re: () the biological transmutation of elements

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Hi ,

Thank you for your reply. I had also asked a physist (perhaps you are

one too) about this and I thought you might like to read his reply.

Here it is.

" Transmutation is the changing of one nucleus into another by a

change of the number of protons in the nucleus. Usually this requires

substantial energy from outside the organism such as from intense

radiation. An exception is radioactive decay where a nucleus

spontaneously changes, but generally an organism doesn't have

radioactive materials in it " .

Be well,

Sheila

> Sheila-

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> >Since a baby chick has stem cells galore, isn't it possible the

> >calcium develops from them? Is this a silly question?

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> Stem cells can't and don't transmute one element to another. That

would

> amount to alchemy, like the fabled and much-desired transmutation

of lead

> to gold, and would require high-energy nuclear reactions in a

nuclear

> reactor, with lots of accompanying radiation. A stem cell is

merely a cell

> that has the potential to become a liver cell, a bone marrow cell,

a muscle

> cell, etc.

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