DNA teleportation

DNA teleportation is a pseudoscientific claim which suggests that DNA can produce electromagnetic signals (EMS) that are measurable when highly diluted in water. The claim suggests these signals can allegedly be recorded, transmitted electronically and re-emitted on another distant pure water sample, where the DNA can replicate through polymerase chain reaction, despite the absence of the original DNA in the new water sample.[1] The idea was introduced by the Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier in 2009.[2] It is similar in principle to water memory, a similar pseudoscientific claim popularised by Jacques Benveniste in 1988.[3]

No independent research has been conducted to support the claim and to this day, there is no known or plausible scientific mechanism by which it might work.[4]

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  2. ^ Montagnier, L.; Aïssa, J.; Ferris, S.; Montagnier, J. L.; Lavallée, C. (2009). "Electromagnetic signals are produced by aqueous nanostructures derived from bacterial DNA sequences". Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences. 1 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1007/s12539-009-0036-7. PMID 20640822. S2CID 7158953.
  3. ^ Davenas, E.; Beauvais, F.; Amara, J.; Oberbaum, M.; Robinzon, B.; Miadonnai, A.; Tedeschi, A.; Pomeranz, B.; Fortner, P.; Belon, P.; Sainte-Laudy, J.; Poitevin, B.; Benveniste, J. (1988). "Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE". Nature. 333 (6176): 816–818. Bibcode:1988Natur.333..816D. doi:10.1038/333816a0. PMID 2455231. S2CID 12992106.
  4. ^ Dunn, John E (13 January 2011). "DNA molecules can 'teleport', Nobel Prize winner claims". Techworld. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.