Dawson Church, Ph.D.
2nd ed, 2009
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Dr. Church has gathered, explicated, and integrated many studies in biology, quantum physics, gene research, trauma, electrical and electromagnetic medicine, consciousness, and the power of belief. His conclusion is that the human genome, far from being a life sentence, is extremely malleable, and that with our beliefs, with every feeling and thought, we are "performing epigenetic engineering on our own cells."

The Connective Semiconducting Crystal
You can think of connective tissue as being a system of bags that contains—and gives structure to—each of your organs, coupled with a system of wires that holds all the bags together. The wires wind through the joints of the skeleton, which supports the structure of wires and bags. Your organs are encased in sheaths of connective tissue called the fascia. The fascia surrounding muscles, called the myofascia, terminates in ligaments and tendons attached to the bone.

Connective Tissue system and Collagen
The tendons are composed of twisted collections of collagen bundles, each composed of collagen fibers. Collagen fibers are composed of collagen fibrils, assemblies of molecules secreted outside of specialized connective tissue cells, called fibroblasts. Taken as a whole, the connective tissue system is the largest organ of the body

Yet the simplicity and ubiquity of the connective tissue system masks an important characteristic: connective tissue fibers are arranged in highly regular arrays. There is a name for a highly regular parallel array of molecules, whether it's in liquid or solid form: it's called a crystal. The collagenous molecules in which all your organs are encased function as a system of liquid crystals. Crystals—highly ordered arrays of molecules—are found in several different kinds of tissue, including:

• The DNA in genes
• The photosensitive rod and cone cells at the back of the eye
• The myelin sheath of nerve cells
• The collagen molecules that make up connective tissue
• Muscle tissue’s densely-packed molecules of actin and myosin
• The phospholipids of cell membranes.

This crystalline structure of the collagen molecules that make up your connective tissue has a remarkable property: it is a semiconductor. Semiconductors are not only able to conduct energy, in the way the wiring in your house conducts electricity very quickly from one point to another. They are also able to conduct information: think of your high-speed internet connection. Besides many other properties, semiconductors are also able to store energy, amplify signals, filter information, and to move information in one direction but not in another.

In other words, the connective tissue system can also process information, like the semiconductor chips in your computer. Your connective tissue system is well-suited for the task of conveying both energy and information, because it connects every part of your body to every other part.

Semiconduction in Connective Tissue
You can see why it's time for us to start getting excited about the connective tissue system! The importance of its conductive properties is hard to overstate, for it explains one of the enduring mysteries of acupuncture: how stimulating one acupuncture meridian point, for instance in the ear, can have an effect on another point, for instance in the spleen. Mae Wan Ho, a researcher who has published several research papers on the crystalline nature of connective tissue, says, "Liquid crystallinity gives organisms their characteristic flexibility, exquisite sensitivity, and responsiveness, thus optimizing the rapid, noiseless intercommunication that enables the organism to function as a coherent, coordinated whole." (Church, pp. 136-139, italics mine)