A Closed-Loop Living-Form Reprogramming Device Platform (ECBP): System Design, Evidence Stratification, and a Falsifiable Research Programme

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-15
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22764549
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Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
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A Closed-Loop Living-Form Reprogramming Device Platform (ECBP): System Design, Evidence Stratification, and a Falsifiable Research Programme

Lihua Wu, Tong Tong, Li Tong
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
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A Closed-Loop Living-Form Reprogramming Device Platform (ECBP): System Design, Evidence Stratification, and a Falsifiable Research Programme

Lihua Wu, Tong Tong, Li Tong
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Abstract

【Concept & Protocol Preprint — NO empirical results are claimed.】 Background. Adult mammals default to fibrotic repair rather than regeneration after amputation proximal to the terminal phalanx, deep burns, or large soft-tissue loss. Bioelectric research indicates that transmembrane potential (Vmem) and gap-junction-mediated coupling constitute a layer of positional information above the genome that is externally addressable. A 24-hour exposure to a wearable bioreactor was reported to trigger long-term (18-month) limb regeneration in adult Xenopus laevis, suggesting that "brief trigger, long autonomous execution" is a tractable intervention paradigm. Aim. This paper does not attempt to reproduce those results. It asks an engineering question: if brief trigger-mode morphogenetic intervention is to be built as a manufacturable, regulable, and falsifiable device, what is its minimal sufficient design, and where are its boundaries? Methods. We present a layered design for the ECBP (Electro-Chemical Bio-hybrid Patch) platform and annotate every technical claim with one of three evidence tiers: E1 (supported by peer-reviewed evidence), E2 (reasonable engineering extrapolation, no direct evidence), E3 (speculative, currently unsupported). We provide (i) a design-target parameter table and an analytic safety envelope for the trigger-mode patch ECBP-Lite; (ii) a blinded, controlled experimental programme for a rat middle-phalanx amputation model with explicit falsification criteria; and (iii) an itemised exclusion list of claims we deliberately reject, with reasons. Results (design-level). Four design principles: trigger over closed-loop; passive over active; macroscopic cueing over microscopic micromanagement; falsification criteria before engineering detail. The resulting ECBP-Lite is a pump-free, sensor-free, single-use passive patch removed at 24 hours. Conclusions and limits. We explicitly do NOT propose the conceived whole-body "Bio-Electric Regeneration Chamber (BERC)" for any human study, and give specific physiological and safety objections, including a direct rejection of the claim that locking systemic Vmem at -70 mV constitutes rejuvenation — a claim that conflicts with the observed association between depolarised Vmem and proliferative/plastic cell states. This paper does not provide medical advice. The device described has not entered any animal or human study and has not been approved by any regulatory authority.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CN)
Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
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