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    "abstract": "There have been many claims that quantum mechanics plays a key role in the\norigin and/or operation of biological organisms, beyond merely providing the\nbasis for the shapes and sizes of biological molecules and their chemical\naffinities. These range from the suggestion by Schrodinger that quantum\nfluctuations produce mutations, to the conjecture by Hameroff and Penrose that\nquantum coherence in microtubules is linked to consciousness. I review some of\nthese claims in this paper, and discuss the serious problem of decoherence. I\nadvance some further conjectures about quantum information processing in\nbio-systems. Some possible experiments are suggested.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0403017",
    "authors": [
      "P. C. W. Davies"
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    "doi": "10.1117/12.561309",
    "title": "Quantum fluctuations and life",
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