Electron Homeostasis: A Biophysical Model of Reductive Reserve as a Fundamental Condition for Redox-Biological Regulation, Awakening, and Regeneration in Living Systems

Redox gradients and electron transfer existed on Earth long before the first living cell. Life did not invent oxidation and reduction; it incorporated ancient electrochemical processes into metabolism, signaling, and regeneration. It is at this fundamental level that we propose to examine the conditions for the stability of living systems. Oxidative processes are essential to life: they regulate immunity, signaling, and tissue renewal. Yet without mechanisms that ensure their reversibility, oxidation may become destructive. Reversal requires electrons. We propose a model of electron homeostasis: the body's capacity to maintain redox balance through access to an external source of free electrons. According to this model, such a source has always existed—the Earth—but modern civilization has interrupted access through insulating footwear, buildings, and transportation. Technologically, the approach consists in establishing a specified electrical potential at the body's boundary by supplying charge through a single conductor. According to the proposed model, the body, with its own sophisticated distribution mechanisms, accepts the required electrons into internal reserves (membrane potentials, antioxidant pools, and enzyme systems). This is not merely a theoretical design awaiting an engineering solution. A functioning device has already been built and has undergone laboratory and test procedures. Its use was accompanied by observable changes in plants and participants in a pilot series. Preliminary experimental work includes controlled seed germination studies under stressful conditions and exploratory observations involving six volunteers (n = 6; within-subject pre–post design). The pilot observations recorded reductions in markers of oxidative DNA and lipid damage alongside increased activity of an endogenous protective enzyme. The paper also introduces the "electron spring" hypothesis, examines the possible role of seasonal electrical conditions in biological awakening, and outlines experimentally testable predictions. Restoring a redox boundary condition is proposed as a non-pharmacological, hardware-based approach for investigating recovery, healthy longevity, and age-associated changes. The paper lays the theoretical groundwork for "longevity electrobiology" and outlines directions for further research. Central thesis: We do not rewrite the body's program. We restore a condition under which that program can operate. This Zenodo record contains the English and Russian editions of Version 4.1, dated October 25, 2026.