Does Biological Longevity Depend on the Magnetic Fields?

Discovery of magnetic isotope effect in chemistry elucidated new frontiers in magneto-chemistry of genes. The loading of polymerases with 25 Mg 2+ , 43 Ca 2+ , and 67 Zn 2+ ions carrying magnetic nuclei instead of 24 Mg 2+ , 40 Ca 2+ , and 64 Zn 2+ ions with nonmagnetic nuclei disclosed a huge isotope effect: nuclear magnetic ions decrease the rate of the DNA and gene synthesis by 3–5 times with respect to ions with nonmagnetic nuclei. The effect certifies new, enzymatic radical pair mechanism, which includes electron transfer from the growing DNA chain to the catalyzing ion as a first step of the mechanism. The key processes of gene functioning—DNA synthesis, DNA damage, and DNA repair – are shown to be magnetically controlled and mechanism of the control is physically substantiated. The effect of magnetic fields on the DNA synthesis, Hayflick limit, and biological longevity is discussed.