Choa Kok Sui. Practitioners believe that they are able to tap into what is termed prana or Qi, the universal force, and to use this energy to promote or enhance healing. The objective of our long-term program is to critically evaluate Pranic Healing in a laboratory setting using rigorous mainstream scientific methods. In an initial study (presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the SSE, June 7-9, 2001, La Jolla, CA), we investigated possible mediation effects of Pranic Healing on HeLa cells in ...