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Part 2: Can a Rife Generator kill Candida cells?
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A camera crew went to my lab at the NRC Biotechnology Research Institute where Celine, one of my graduate students, had prepared cultures of Candida albicans. The instruction manual for the Rife Generator comes with an extensive list of radio frequency settings tailored to a variety of pathogens. However, it forgot to include the fact that there are two morphological forms of Candida and that both are found in infected tissue. We went with the assumption that different cellular forms would react differently to the radio waves and grew the cells under either hyphal (a.k.a. filamentous) or yeast-specific conditions. Each individual liquid culture was separated between two identical containers, one would be exposed to the Rife Generator while the other would serve as our untreated control. Celine had also prepared cultures of Candida on solid media on which they form small colonies of a few mm in diameter.
Because Candida albicans is classified as a Level 2 pathogen, some precautions were necessary for its handling and transport. Nevertheless, it is quite harmless for people with a normal immune system. In fact, it is commonly encountered as part of the microbial flora that populates our gastro-intestinal tract and mucosal surfaces.
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November 23, 2006 |
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