2010

Van Wijk, E.P., Van Wijk, R., Bosman, S. , Using ultra-weak photon emission to determine the effect of oligomeric proanthocyanidins on oxidative stress of human skin, J Photochem Photobiol B, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 199-206.

2009

Tafur, J., Van Wijk, E.P., Wijk, R.V., Mills, P.J. , Biophoton Detection and Low-Intensity Light Therapy: A Potential Clinical Partnership, Photomed Laser Surg.

Schutgens, F.W., Neogi, P., van Wijk, E.P., van Wijk, R., Wikman, G., Wiegant, F.A. , The influence of adaptogens on ultraweak biophoton emission: a pilot-experiment, Phytother Res, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 1103-8.

2008

Van Wijk, R., Van Wijk, E.P., Wiegant, F.A., Ives, J. , Free radicals and low-level photon emission in human pathogenesis: state of the art, Indian J Exp Biol, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 273-309.

Van Wijk, E.P., Van Wijk, R., Bajpai, R.P. , Quantum squeezed state analysis of spontaneous ultra weak light photon emission of practitioners of meditation and control subjects, Indian J Exp Biol, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 345-52.

Van Wijk, E.P., Ludtke, R., Van Wijk, R. , Differential effects of relaxation techniques on ultraweak photon emission, J Altern Complement Med, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 241-50.

2006

van Wijk, R., Bosman, S., van Wijk, E.P. , Thermoluminescence in ultra-high dilution research, J Altern Complement Med, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 437-43.

Van Wijk, R., Van Wijk, E.P., Bajpai, R.P. , Photocount distribution of photons emitted from three sites of a human body, J Photochem Photobiol B, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 46-55.

Van Wijk, E.P., Koch, H., Bosman, S., Van Wijk, R. , Anatomic characterization of human ultra-weak photon emission in practitioners of transcendental meditation(TM) and control subjects, J Altern Complement Med, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 31-8.

van Wijk, R., Ackerman, J.M., van Wijk, E.P. , Effects of a color filter used in auriculomedicine on ultraweak photon emission of the human body, J Altern Complement Med, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 955-62.

Van Wijk, R., Kobayashi, M., Van Wijk, E.P. , Anatomic characterization of human ultra-weak photon emission with a moveable photomultiplier and CCD imaging, J Photochem Photobiol B, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 69-76.

2005

Van Wijk, R., Ackerman, J.M., Van Wijk, E.P. , Color filters and human photon emission: implications for auriculomedicine, Explore (NY), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 102-8.

Wijk, R.V., Wijk, E.P. , An introduction to human biophoton emission, Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 77-83.

Van Wijk, E.P., Ackerman, J., Van Wijk, R. , Effect of meditation on ultraweak photon emission from hands and forehead, Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 107-12.

Wijk, E.P., Wijk, R.V. , Multi-site recording and spectral analysis of spontaneous photon emission from human body, Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 96-106.

2003

Van Wijk, R., Van Wijk, E.P. , Oscillations in ultraweak photon emission of Acetabularia acetabulum (L.), Indian J Exp Biol, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 411-8.

Van Wijk, R., Van Wijk, E.P. , The search for a biosensor as a witness of a human laying on of hands ritual, Altern Ther Health Med, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 48-55.

System-based diagnostics in Arthritis

Sponsor(s):
NMC/ SD-PPM
Samueli Institute for Information Biology (SIIB)

Supervisors:
Prof. Jan van der Greef
Dr. Heiko van der Linden

Research project
The relation between oxidative stress and chronic diseases is well recognized. New techniques are developed to monitor oxidation/reduction status within biological systems by both invasive and non-invasive methods. Attention is particularly focused on the technique of spontaneous ultraweak photon emission (UPE / autoluminescence). The combination of ultra-weak photon emission and metabolomics could potentially contribute to diagnostics. It is currently applied in the research on Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis, and the profiling of subtypes as described in bi-syndrome.
The association of UPE and production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and oxidative stress is also applied for both basic biomedical research and clinical in inflammation research, in particular in rheumatoid arthritis. Protocols are developed to utilize the technique to monitor and quantify the influences of behaviour and lifestyle.