What Richard Hammerschlag has said about Fascia
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 12, 2026
Richard Hammerschlag, Biochemist and acupuncture researcher, co-author of a foundational paper defining the biofield, has been quoted on Fascia 2 times in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Hammerschlag suggests this monitoring system could exist within the collagen-based fascial network, which touches all cells and can carry signals about their state of health.
“My sense is that this system, if it exists, could well exist within the fascia, what exists between the tissues”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 36:12
Hammerschlag argues evolution would not produce a whole-body system that was not also a means of carrying information.
“Evolution doesn't evolve a whole body system without it also being a means of carrying information. That's what I really believe”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 43:59
Episodes
Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena PodcastMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 12, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
A re-aired Phenomena episode in which Ivy Ross, Martin Picard, Richard Hammerschlag, Neil Theise, Meredith Sprengel and Jonathan Cohen ask what energy is in healing.