Thursday, May 1, 2025
Contact    |    RSS icon Twitter icon Facebook icon  
Unexplained Mysteries Support Us
You are viewing: Home > News > Science & Technology > News story
Welcome Guest ( Login or Register )  
All ▾
Search Submit

Science & Technology

Silver could help to fight superbugs

By T.K. Randall
June 25, 2013 · Comment icon 14 comments

Image Credit: CC 3.0 Jurii
Silver has the potential to make antibiotic treatments thousands of times more effective.
The metal has been used for millennia to treat infections with Hippocrates first describing its medicinal benefits back in 400 BC. Now it looks like silver could be seeing a resurgence thanks to its effect in the treatment of modern superbugs. Experiments have indicated that silver can help improve the potency of antibiotics in the fight against resistant bacteria by several thousand times.

"Resistance is growing, while the number of new antibiotics in development is dropping," said biomedical engineer James Collins who lead the research. "We wanted to find a way to make what we have work better."
Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver. The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years.


Source: Nature.com | Comments (14)

Tags:


Other news and articles

Recent stories:

Isle of Lewis Scottish islanders are being driven mad by pervasive 'Hebridean Hum'
4-30-2025
Jacques Vallee Aliens are killing people, claims real-life 'Close Encounters' scientist
4-30-2025
Vatican secret archives. Next pope to be urged to release UFO files from Vatican's archives
4-29-2025
Rover from Space First-of-its-kind NASA image shows rover on Mars taken from space
4-29-2025
Phrenologist The strange world of phrenology, or 'reading the bumps on your head'
4-28-2025
80-year-old falls from 6th floor window... then walks away unscathed
4-28-2025
<< Previous story
Ancient Egyptian statue rotates on its own
Next story >>
China builds world's fastest supercomputer
Our latest videos Visit us on YouTube
Recent comments on this story
Comment icon #5 Posted by Kowalski 12 years ago
I use collodial silver on cuts, scrapes, etc. When I used it daily last flu season, I never got sick, which is rare for me. Have used it with success on sinus and ear infections as well. Im a believer. Yep! Collodial silver is awesome. My in laws make their own. I use it for all types of stuff. It works great! Whenever I feel a cold coming on, I take a teaspoon of it....I almost never get sick.... Just be careful you don't take too much, and end up looking like a smurf....
Comment icon #6 Posted by seeder 12 years ago
This sounds fascinating, I am going to look in to this right away. Thank you. Dont bother, just stick to a wider range of veggies/herbs and spices in your diet. I say dont bother coz the following big fan of collodial silver....turned blue, a real life papa smurf "Karason’s skin started turning blue nearly 10 years ago when he used a used a silver preparation to treat a bad case of dermatitis on his face that broke out due to stress when his father died" http://www.katu.com/news/local/12648491.html .
Comment icon #7 Posted by kannin 12 years ago
get all the silver you need out of lil jons mouth
Comment icon #8 Posted by ideaspawn 12 years ago
Here is proof that The Greys are real, and they come from our future (and are not extaterrestrial in origin). We all know that bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to antibitotics, and if current trends continue, super-bugs will be everywhere and we will have little help against them. Enter silver: As this article says, too much silver in the blood causes a condtion known as "argyria". Among other things ..."Ingesting too much silver can also cause argyria, a condition in which the skin turns a blue-grey colour — and the effect is permanent." Just look at this: What this tells me, i... [More]
Comment icon #9 Posted by pallidin 12 years ago
Interesting article and UM comments. Hoping progress on this.
Comment icon #10 Posted by paperdyer 12 years ago
Silver-based biostats have been used for years in various textile items. Most of the technology is patented. The patents center around making the silver more effective at lower dosages. If you're interested, the products are sold by a company called Sanitized.
Comment icon #11 Posted by Sundew 12 years ago
Dont bother, just stick to a wider range of veggies/herbs and spices in your diet. I say dont bother coz the following big fan of collodial silver....turned blue, a real life papa smurf "Karason’s skin started turning blue nearly 10 years ago when he used a used a silver preparation to treat a bad case of dermatitis on his face that broke out due to stress when his father died" http://www.katu.com/...l/12648491.html . "I'm Blue, da ba de da ba die.........."
Comment icon #12 Posted by Dark_Grey 12 years ago
So is now a good time to invest in silver stock?
Comment icon #13 Posted by EnderOTD 12 years ago
Here is proof that The Greys are real, and they come from our future (and are not extaterrestrial in origin). We all know that bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to antibitotics, and if current trends continue, super-bugs will be everywhere and we will have little help against them. Enter silver: As this article says, too much silver in the blood causes a condtion known as "argyria". Among other things ..."Ingesting too much silver can also cause argyria, a condition in which the skin turns a blue-grey colour — and the effect is permanent." Just look at this: What this tells me, i... [More]
Comment icon #14 Posted by Sundew 12 years ago
So is now a good time to invest in silver stock? Probably not a bad time, industrial precious metals like gold, silver, platinum are likely to go up in value in relation to the U.S. dollar, but not necessarily because they are becoming more valuable, but because our dollar is becoming less so. The more money we print the more watered down its value becomes. Supposedly the ratio of an ounce of gold to a barrel of oil is about the same now as it was fifty years ago (though to be fair I have not researched it), but the ratio of both oil and gold to the dollar has changed dramatically and not in t... [More]
 Click here to view all 14 comments on this story    


Please Login or Register to post a comment.


Our new book is out now!
Book cover

The Unexplained Mysteries
Book of Weird News

 AVAILABLE NOW 

Take a walk on the weird side with this compilation of some of the weirdest stories ever to grace the pages of a newspaper.

Click here to learn more

We need your help!
Patreon logo

Support us on Patreon

 BONUS CONTENT 

For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, you can gain access to a wide range of exclusive perks including our popular 'Lost Ghost Stories' series.

Click here to learn more

Recent news and articles
Isle of Lewis
Modern Mysteries

Scottish islanders are being driven mad by pervasive 'Hebridean Hum'

4-30-2025 | 4
Jacques Vallee
The UFO Phenomenon

Aliens are killing people, claims real-life 'Close Encounters' scientist

4-30-2025 | 7
Vatican secret archives.
The UFO Phenomenon

Next pope to be urged to release UFO files from Vatican's archives

4-29-2025 | 12
Rover from Space
Space & Astronomy

First-of-its-kind NASA image shows rover on Mars taken from space

4-29-2025 | 2
Phrenologist
Metaphysics & Psychology

The strange world of phrenology, or 'reading the bumps on your head'

4-28-2025 | 12
World of the Bizarre

80-year-old falls from 6th floor window... then walks away unscathed

4-28-2025 | 20
View More News