Clinical Studies

In this remarkable study published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine in 2012, the study authors found that coating condoms with silver nanoparticles helped inhibit the infectivity of both HIV (i.e., Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and HSV (i.e., Herpes simplex virus), as well as bacterial and fungal microbes.

Famous Robert O. Becker study demonstrating how electrically generated silver ions can produce tissue regeneration at wound site, or even limb regeneration, thus providing a potential morally acceptable alternative to embyronic stem cell transplants.

In this clinical study, published in the journal ACS Applied Material & Interfaces in January 2011, researchers used a chitosan-based carrier to deliver silver nanoparticles to human colon cancer cells.

In this study, published in the Journal of Virological Methods in December 2011, the study authors concluded that silver nanoparticles were able to inhibit H1N1 influenza A virus.

Silver nanoparticles possess many unique properties that make them attractive for use in biological applications. An area that has been largely unexplored is the interaction of nanomaterials with viruses and the possible use of silver nanoparticles as an antiviral agent. This research focuses on evaluating the interaction of silver nanoparticles with a New World arenavirus, Tacaribe virus, to determine if they influence viral replication. This suggests that the mode of action of viral neutralization by silver nanoparticles occurs during the early phases of viral replication.

Is colloidal silver toxic to cells? In this in vitro clinical study conducted in June 2007 at The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen University, the researcher set out to discover if Ionosil (i.e., Sweden’s leading brand of ionic colloidal silver) is toxic to cells, using human alveolar lung epithelial cell line A549.

The idea of silver-resistance among pathogenic microbes is explored, and placed in proper context with actual facts in this white paper by the Immunogenic Research Foundation.

Silver nanoparticles have proven to exert antiviral activity against HIV-1 at non-cytotoxic concentrations, but the mechanism underlying their HIV-inhibitory activity has not been not fully elucidated. In this study, silver nanoparticles are evaluated to elucidate their mode of antiviral action against HIV-1 using a panel of different in vitro assays.

Japanese public railway line uses silver nanotechnology to keep contact surfaces free of pathogens.

This company got tired of the falsehoods and misconceptions being promulgated by against colloidal nanosilver by environmentalists, and has set the record straight!

Two separate research studies tested nanosilver-impregnated X-Static brand fabric from Noble Fiber Technologies, Inc. as a means of reducing household infestations of dust mites.

According to a study published in the journal Nanomedicine, in 2008, titled “Anti-inflammatory activity of nanocrystalline silver in a porcine contact dermatitis model,” researchers found that when dermatitis was induced in animals (i.e., pigs) the redness and swelling returned to near-normal after 72 hours of treatment with nanosilver, while groups treated with saline or with 0.5% silver nitrate (a caustic chemical compound of silver) remained inflamed.

Researchers from the Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, India, have demonstrated in an animal study that small amounts of silver can help heal liver damage caused by a particularly harsh liver toxin. The study is titled “Hepatocurative activity of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles fabricated using Andrographis paniculata,” and it was published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B, Biointerfaces, in February 2013.

According to this clinical study published in the International Food Resource Journal in 2011, titled, “A study on the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of Nano Colloidal Silver on food-borne pathogens,” researchers found that “Nano colloidal silver can be a potential antimicrobial agent due to its low cost of production and high effectiveness in antimicrobial properties, which may find wide applications in various food industries to address food safety issues…Ten different concentration of Nano Colloidal Silver were tested against Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Vibrio cholera, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus…”

A clinical study titled “Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Antimicrobial Mechanisms,” published in 2006 in the journal European Cells and Materials (Vol. 11), demonstrated that silver nanoparticles at a concentration of only 10 ppm was effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

In a brand new clinical study titled “In vivo Human Time-exposure Study of Orally Dosed Commercial Silver Nanoparticles,” published in October 2014 in the journal Nanomedicine, clinical researchers from the University of Utah demonstrated the lack of toxicity to humans of orally-ingested nanoscale colloidal silver at both 10 ppm and 32 ppm concentrations.

Here’s some potentially good news for people suffering from nasal polyps – a relatively new clinical study published in the journal International Immunopharmacology in November 2011, demonstrated that nanosilver has significant anti-inflammatory affects on “respiratory epithelial cell inflammation,” meaning it stops the cells of nasal polyps from becoming inflamed.

Silver nanoparticles demonstrated to be the answer to the increase in new resistant strains of bacteria against most potent antibiotics.

Landmark studies over the past several decades have demonstrated that oligodynamic Ag+ (i.e., ionic colloidal silver) could play a pivotal role in overcoming cancerous processes. The authors of this white paper reviewed many of those findings and offer some dramatic case histories of cancers being cured in human test subjects.

Silver plays a key role in assuring safe water for manned space crews.

This clinical study found that nanosilver has potent anti-parasite effects against the larval stage of the parasite Brugia malayi, a roundworm which infects millions of people in India, China and throughout southeast Asia.

In a 2012 study published in Letters in Applied Microbiology, Professor Henriques and her team looked at the use of different sizes of silver nanoparticles to determine their anti-fungal properties against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata.

We disclose a colorless composition comprising silver particles and water [manifesting] significant antimicrobial properties including antiviral properties.

In this clinical study, published in the African Journal of Microbiology Research in March 2013, the researchers noted, “Previously, we reported the cytotoxic effect of colloidal silver on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. However, there is scarce information on its antitumor potential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-tumoral activity of colloidal silver or silver nanoparticles in a B16F10 melanoma mice model.”

Drs Eric Gordon, M.D. and Kent Holtorf, M.D. make their case that oligodynamic silver hydrosol is the safe, natural solution to SARS and other potentially deadly viral pandemics.