Spiritist “PASSE” (SPIRITUAL HEALING) has no effects in a carcinogenesis drosophila melanogaster assay
International Journal of Development Research
Spiritist “PASSE” (SPIRITUAL HEALING) has no effects in a carcinogenesis drosophila melanogaster assay
Received 13th March, 2020; Received in revised form 27th May, 2020; Accepted 11th June, 2020; Published online 24th July, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Luana Araújo Macedo Scalia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Spiritist “passe” is a type of Layingon of hands (LOH) commonly adopted in Latin America countries and there are no studies investigating this practice in animal models. Objective: Evaluate the effects of Spiritist “passe” (spiritual healing) in the animal model Drosophila melanogaster by using Epithelial Tumor Test. Methods: Drosophila larvae received treatment with mitomycin C (MMC) and they were randomly divided into four experimental groups: flies treated with MMC that received Spiritist ‘‘passe’’ (spiritual healing) group; that were submit a LOH laymen group; flies treated with MMC without LOH and that did not receive treatment. The Spiritist ‘‘passe’’ effects were evaluated for the ability to decrease the frequency and density of epithelial tumor in D. melanogaster treated with MMC. Results: The Spiritist ‘‘passe’’ was not able to decrease the total number of tumors in flies (P>0.05) compared with positive control. No protector or/and inhibitor mechanism of MMC action was observed in any category analyzed. Conclusion: Spiritist “passe” was not able to decrease the tumor number in fruit fly carcinogenesis model and further studies comparing different animal models are necessary.
