Biological transmutation
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A biological transmutation is a supposed nuclear transmutation that occurs in living organisms. There is no proof of such a phenomenon ever occurring, and substantial theoretical reasons indicate that it is physically impossible, as the energy differences involved in nuclear transmutation are significant and would most likely be fatal to any organism that used it in its metabolism (as well as to any organisms within a several-kilometer radius).
One prominent advocate of biological transmutation was Corentin Louis Kervran, who investigated the method that chickens use to convert dietary potassium into the calcium needed for eggshells. The "Prof. Dr. L.W.J. Holleman Stichting" foundation also supports research in this field.
Interest has been revived with the controversy on cold fusion. In 2003, Russian researchers claimed to have converted nuclear waste into non-radioactive elements using microbiological cultures. [1]
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- ^ Vysotskii, V., et al. "Successful Experiments On Utilization Of High-Activity Waste In The Process Of Transmutation In Growing Associations Of Microbiological Cultures". in Tenth International Conference on Cold Fusion. 2003. Cambridge, MA [1]
