Yount, G. · Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment · 2013
This theoretical chapter describes potential molecular pathways linking energy healing interventions, EFT-induced cortisol changes, and microRNA regulation of gene expression relevant to cancer biology.
This theoretical chapter connects two things already documented separately — EFT's reported effect on lowering cortisol, and cortisol's well-established role in regulating microRNAs that control gene expression — and proposes the molecular bridge between them, including relevance to cancer biology. It's speculative, but it's staking out a precise, testable chain of causation rather than a vague appeal to 'energy.'
If the proposed cortisol-to-microRNA-to-gene-expression chain is eventually confirmed, it would give weight to using tapping as a free, self-administered stress-reduction adjunct for people managing serious illness, including cancer patients, whose stress biology is already known to interact with disease-relevant gene pathways.
The clear next step is to stop theorizing and test the proposed chain directly: measure cortisol and specific microRNA panels from the same blood draws before and after tapping sessions, in both healthy volunteers and, eventually, patients managing chronic illness, to see whether a cortisol drop from tapping actually shows up downstream in the gene-regulation markers this paper predicts it should.
| Design | Review |
|---|---|
| Population | not applicable (theoretical/review chapter) |
| Journal | Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment |
| Year | 2013 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Method | EFT / tapping |
| Publication type | Review or meta-analysis |
| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
Yount, G. (2013). Energy Healing at the Frontier of Genomics. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment. https://doi.org/10.9769/EPJ.2013.5.2.GY
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