Wolfgang if you are weary of studying these articles out of the goodness of your heart please just say the word, but I'd love to have your expert opinion on this study by American researchers Bengston and Krinsley in 2000:

The Effect of "Laying On of Hands" on Transplanted Breast Cancer in Mice (this is a pdf file)

Here's a quote: Our tentative conclusions: belief in laying on of hands is not necessary in order to produce the effect    [Ha! Toldja! :-) ]; there is a stimulated immune response to treatment which is reproducible and predictable; and the mice retain immunity to the same cancer after remission. Further work should involve testing on various diseases and conventional immunological studies of treatment effects on experimental animals.


It is disappointing to find such an incriminating review of Backster's work with plants, after reading your positive assessment above:

Skeptic's Dictionary on Backster's studies with plants

I'm wondering what your response to the Skeptics might be, Wolfgang.
And Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for your patient explanations and giving your time and expertise here.

daylia