Corentin Louis Kervran

<p>Corentin Louis Kervran (3 March 1901 – 2 February 1983) was a French scientist. Kervran was born in <a href="/facts/Quimper/UJnzMVyx">Quimper, Finistère</a> (Brittany), and received a degree as an engineer in 1925. In World War II he was part of the <a href="/facts/French_Resistance/stvYUGb2">French Resistance</a>.
</p><p>Kervran proposed that <a href="/facts/Nuclear_transmutation/MjlvjsV6">nuclear transmutation</a> occurs in living organisms, which he called "biological transmutation". He made this claim after experimenting with chickens, which he believed showed that they were generating calcium in their eggshells while there was no calcium in their food or soil. He had no known scientific explanation for it. Such transmutations are not possible according to known <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">physics</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a>. Proponents of biological transmutations fall outside mainstream <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">physics</a> and are not part of accepted scientific discourse. Kervran's ideas about biological transmutation have no scientific basis and are considered discredited.
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Corentin Louis Kervran