Our Publications


Books and reports


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Quantum Biology: A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine
November 2024Book
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The health hazards of space travel: novel insights from quantum biology
October 2024Report
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Quantum Biology and Cancer
January 20242023 Cancer Meeting Proceedings
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A Worthwhile Medicine: How the world's first cannabis-based medication was approved
July 2021Book
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Proceedings of The Guy Foundation meetings


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Ageing
June 20242024 Spring Series Proceedings
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Quantum Biology and Space Health
December 20232023 Autumn Series Proceedings
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The Guy Foundation research programme: presentation of initial findings
September 20232023 Spring Series Proceedings
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Online Symposium proceedings

Advancing terrestrial health: lessons from space
February 20232023 Space Symposium Proceedings
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Quantum mitochondria: energy, information and implications for health and disease
December 20222022 Autumn Series Proceedings
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From quantum bench to bedside: Realising the potential of quantum biology in medicine
June 20222022 Spring Series Proceedings
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Autumn 2021 Proceedings

Seeing the Light: Electromagnetism in the body and its practical application
December 20212021 Autumn Series Proceedings
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Spring 2021 Proceedings

From Big Questions to Small Details: The Macro-Microscopic Divide
June 2021
2021 Spring Series Proceedings
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2020 Autumn Proceedings

Does biology utilise the environment to amplify quantum effects?
January 2021
2020 Autumn Series Proceedings
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What biophotonics can tell us about the bioquantome
June 2020
2019 Autumn Colloquium Proceedings
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Publications by The Guy Foundation scientific team


Babcock NS. Open quantum systems theory of ultraweak ultraviolet photon emissions: Revisiting Gurwitsch's onion experiment as a prototype for quantum biology. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2024;26. www.csbj.org/article/S2001-0370(24)00401-X/ - Winner of The Guy Foundation 2023 Onion Prize.

Galván I, Hassasfar AO, Adams B and Petruccione F. Isotope effects on radical pair performance in cryptochrome: a new hypothesis for the evolution of animal migration. BioEssays. 2024;46(1): 2300152. doi:10.1002/bies.202300152

Kalampouka I, Mould RR, Botchway SW, Mackenzie AM, Nunn AV, Thomas EL and Bell JD. Selective induction of senescence in cancer cells through near-infrared light treatment via mitochondrial modulation. Journal of Biophotonics. 2024;17(8): e202400046. doi:10.1002/jbio.202400046

Smith HE, Mackenzie AM, Seddon C, Mould RR, Kalampouka I, Malakar P, Needham SR, Beis K, Bell JD, Nunn AVW and Botchway SW. The use of NADH anisotropy to investigate mitochondrial cristae alignment. Scientific Reports. 2024;14(5980). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55780-5

Mould RR, Mackenzie AM, Kalampouka I, Nunn AVW, Thomas EL, Bell JD and Botchway SW. Ultra weak photon emission—a brief review. Frontiers in Physiology. 2024;15(1348915). doi:10.3389/fphys.2024.1348915

Mackenzie AM, Smith HE, Mould RR, Bell JD, Nunn AVW and Botchway SW. Rooting out ultraweak photon emission a-mung bean sprouts. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. 2024;19(100224). doi:10.1016/j.jpap.2023.100224

Adams B and Petruccione F. Nature's novel materials: A review of quantum biology. In: Chakraborty, T. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics (Second Edition). Academic Press; 2024. p.593-604. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-90800-9.00268-7

Mould RR, Kalampouka I, Thomas EL, Guy GW, Nunn AVW and Bell JD. Non-chemical signalling between mitochondria. Frontiers in Physiology. 2023;14(1268075). doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1268075

Nunn AVW, Guy GW, Bell JD. Informing the Cannabis Conjecture: From Life’s Beginnings to Mitochondria, Membranes and the Electrome—A Review. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023;24(17): 13070. doi:10.3390/ijms241713070

Nunn AVW, Guy GW, Brysch W and Bell JD. Understanding Long COVID; Mitochondrial Health and Adaptation—Old Pathways, New Problems. Biomedicines. 2022;10(12). doi:10.3390/biomedicines10123113

Adams B, Sinayskiy I, van Grondelle R and Petruccione F. Quantum tunnelling in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(16929). doi:10.1038/s41598-022-21321-1

Nunn AVW, Guy GW and Bell JD. Bioelectric Fields at the Beginnings of Life. Bioelectricity. 2022;4(4): 237-247. doi:10.1089/bioe.2022.0012

Nunn AVW, Guy GW and Bell JD. Thermodynamics and Inflammation; Insights into Quantum Biology and Ageing. Quantum Rep. 2022;4(1): 47–74. doi:10.3390/quantum4010005

Nunn AVW,  Guy GW, Botchway SW and Bell JD. SARS-CoV-2 and EBV; the cost of a second mitochondrial “whammy”?. Immunity & Ageing. 2021;18(1): 1-4. doi:10.1186/s12979-021-00252-x

Mould RR, Botchway SW, Parkinson JRC, Thomas EL, Guy GW, Bell JD and Nunn AVW. Cannabidiol Modulates Mitochondrial Redox and Dynamics in MCF7 Cancer Cells: A Study Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy of NAD(P)H. Front. Mol. Biosci. 2021;8(630107). doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.630107

Adams B and Petruccione F. The light of the mind. Physics World. 2021;34(1): 24-28 doi:10.1088/2058-7058/34/01/22

Nunn AVW, Guy GW, Brysch W, Botchway SW, Frasch W, and Calabrese EJ. SARS-CoV-2 and mitochondrial health: implications of lifestyle and ageing. Immunity & Ageing. 2020;17(1): 1-21. doi:10.1186/s12979-020-00204-x

Nunn AVW, Guy GW, Botchway SW and Bell JD. From sunscreens to medicines: Can a dissipation hypothesis explain the beneficial aspects of many plant compounds? Phytother Res. 2020;34(8): 1868–88. doi:10.1002/ptr.6654

Nunn AVW, Guy GW, Brysch W, Botchway SW, Frasch W, Calabrese EJ and Bell JD. SARS-CoV-2 and mitochondrial health: implications of lifestyle and ageing. Immunity & Ageing. 2020;17(33). doi:10.1186/s12979-020-00204-x%20

Nunn AV, Guy G, and Bell JD. The hormesis of thinking: a deeper quantum thermodynamic perspective. Int J Neurorehab. 2017;4(3). Download the PDF here

Adams B and Petruccione F. Quantum effects in the brain: A review. AVS Quantum Science. 2020;2(022901). doi:10.1116/1.5135170

Marais A, Adams B, Ringsmuth AK, Ferretti M, Gruber JM, Hendrikx R, Schuld M, Smith SL, Sinayskiy I, Krüger TPJ, Petruccione F and van Grondelle R. The future of quantum biology. Royal Society. 2018;15(148). doi:10.1098/rsif.2018.0640

Adams B, Sinayskiy I and Petruccione F. An open quantum system approach to the radical pair mechanism. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(15719). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34007-4

Nunn A, Guy G and Bell JD. The Quantum Mitochondrion and Optimal Health. Biochemical Society Transactions.  2016;44(4): 1101-1110. doi:10.1042%2FBST20160096

Nunn AVW, Guy GW and Bell JD. Hormesis and cognitive function; an evolutionary/adaptive arabesque leading to longevity. In: Farooqui T and Farooqui AA (eds.) Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc.; 2014. www.wiley.com

Nunn AV, Guy GW and Bell JD. The intelligence paradox; will ET get the metabolic syndrome? Lessons from and for Earth. Nut Metab (Lond.) 2014;11(34). doi:10.1186/1743-7075-11-34

Nunn AV, Guy GW and Bell JD. Endocannabinoids in neuroendopsychology; multiphasic control of mitochondrial function. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2012;367(1607): 3342-52. doi:10.1098%2Frstb.2011.0393

Nunn AV, Guy GW, Brodie JS and Bell JD. Inflammatory modulation of exercise salience: using hormesis to return to a healthy lifestyle. Nutr Metab (Lond.) 2010;7(87). doi:10.1186/1743-7075-7-87

Guy GW*, Nunn AV*, Thomas LE and Bell JD. Obesity, diabetes and longevity in the Gulf; is there a Gulf metabolic syndrome? International Journal of Diabetes. 2009;1: 43-54.  *Equal first co-authors. Download the PDF here

Nunn AV, Guy GW and Bell JD. Endocannabinoids, FOXO and the metabolic syndrome: Redox, function and tipping point - The view from two systems. Immunobiology. 2009;215(8): 617-28. doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2009.03.005

Nunn AV, Bell JD and Guy GW. Lifestyle-induced metabolic inflexibility and accelerated ageing syndrome: insulin resistance, friend or foe? Nutr Metab (Lond.) 2009;6(16). doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-16