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the results from the research of these phenomena, it will be possible to elucidate biological phenomena

at the macroscopic levels of tissues and living beings (Kim et al., 2021).

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin of Bell Laboratories, for the develop-

ment of optical tweezers and their application in biological systems, using principles based on quantum

mechanics. The optical tweezers technique can manipulate microscopic materials such as cells by means

of light pressure, which is the force that light exerts on matter. In the future, it is expected that quantum

sensors will be used in measurements on biological systems and that quantum optics will be applied for

imaging biological systems. Quantum theory and quantum mechanics will continue to be utilized in

the field of biology, thus promoting advances in bioelectromagnetism-related research.

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