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Journal article here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122283 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

by rpenm 11y ago

Melting_Harps 11y ago
If we're throwing peer reviewed journals, I'd like to add this the mix because its siting in front of my desk: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364932/pdf/MBD-01-467.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364932/pdf/MBD-... (Check out the more recent citations for further reading) I'm not diminishing the danger of super bacteria, and I believe being in hospitals is perhaps just as bad as being in some war zone in terms of mortality if you're immuno-compromised or recovering from a disease/surgery, but I find it odd (not really, I've seen the self-defeating internal machinations of academia/pharma with my own eyes) that the advent of using silver as an anti-microbial is so neglected in the narrative; Bosch uses it in Germany in their refrigerators, and companies like DeRoyal sell gauze dressings specifically stated for that purpose.
- totallynotcool 11y ago
  I dont think that I've ever seen the idea of silver being antimicrobial be neglected. We use burn dressings that are almost completely impregnated with silver, silver nitrate q-tips to stop bleeding(ouch), as well as topical ointments with some silver in it. Silver is pretty widely used in the medical field.
  - Melting_Harps 11y ago
    Really? Well, consider you have reiterated one of the ubiquitous applications that I mentioned in my argument, but the use of it to combat the super-bacteria is never considered in these studies; I believe this is more by design than not--in fact I found its absence particular lacking when I was finishing up my studies during the so-called 'pandemic' with H1N1. It was beyond absurd the hysteria that ensued, but perhaps more concerning was the blind and dogmatic line of thinking that occurred that surrounded it all--a (ill founded) faith based confidence in big pharma to solve everything, in this case: Gillenad sciences headed by Don Rumsefeld. I thought the pervasive theory about how it 'spontaneously emerged in nature' incredibly suspect considering I was completing my courses in Microbio and Biochem and working extensively with bacteriophages to create anti-biotic resistant e. coli with limited success under controlled lab conditions... then I realized my university-health sciences department was heavily funded by a major hospital. And all for something that was patented by Baxter: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276194 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276194 http://www.globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-baxter-files-swine-flu-vaccine-patent-a-year-ahead-of-outbreak/14430 http://www.globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-baxter-files-swine-f... So I find the use of silver nano-partical therapy, oral or sub-lingual administration or atomized silver inhalation methods are acutely lacking as possible means to combat anti-biotic resistant bacteria/infections, as well as viruses and fungi.

Journal article here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122283 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

by rpenm 11y ago

Journal article here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122283 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

Melting_Harps 11y ago

If we're throwing peer reviewed journals, I'd like to add this the mix because its siting in front of my desk: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364932/pdf/MBD-01-467.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364932/pdf/MBD-... (Check out the more recent citations for further reading) I'm not diminishing the danger of super bacteria, and I believe being in hospitals is perhaps just as bad as being in some war zone in terms of mortality if you're immuno-compromised or recovering from a disease/surgery, but I find it odd (not really, I've seen the self-defeating internal machinations of academia/pharma with my own eyes) that the advent of using silver as an anti-microbial is so neglected in the narrative; Bosch uses it in Germany in their refrigerators, and companies like DeRoyal sell gauze dressings specifically stated for that purpose.

totallynotcool 11y ago
I dont think that I've ever seen the idea of silver being antimicrobial be neglected. We use burn dressings that are almost completely impregnated with silver, silver nitrate q-tips to stop bleeding(ouch), as well as topical ointments with some silver in it. Silver is pretty widely used in the medical field.
- Melting_Harps 11y ago
  Really? Well, consider you have reiterated one of the ubiquitous applications that I mentioned in my argument, but the use of it to combat the super-bacteria is never considered in these studies; I believe this is more by design than not--in fact I found its absence particular lacking when I was finishing up my studies during the so-called 'pandemic' with H1N1. It was beyond absurd the hysteria that ensued, but perhaps more concerning was the blind and dogmatic line of thinking that occurred that surrounded it all--a (ill founded) faith based confidence in big pharma to solve everything, in this case: Gillenad sciences headed by Don Rumsefeld. I thought the pervasive theory about how it 'spontaneously emerged in nature' incredibly suspect considering I was completing my courses in Microbio and Biochem and working extensively with bacteriophages to create anti-biotic resistant e. coli with limited success under controlled lab conditions... then I realized my university-health sciences department was heavily funded by a major hospital. And all for something that was patented by Baxter: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276194 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276194 http://www.globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-baxter-files-swine-flu-vaccine-patent-a-year-ahead-of-outbreak/14430 http://www.globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-baxter-files-swine-f... So I find the use of silver nano-partical therapy, oral or sub-lingual administration or atomized silver inhalation methods are acutely lacking as possible means to combat anti-biotic resistant bacteria/infections, as well as viruses and fungi.