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Silver Bullet For Cancer: Metal Can Kill Some Tumours Better Than Chemotherapy With Fewer Side Effects

Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:50
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By Anthony Bond
 

Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research claims.

Scientists say that old wives tales about the precious metal being a ‘silver bullet’ to beat the Big C could be true.

The metal already has a wide range of medicinal uses and is a common antiseptic, antibiotic and means of purifying water in the third world.

 
Good news: Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research has claimed

Good news: Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research has claimed

And British researchers now say that silver compounds are as effective at killing certain cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug, but with potentially far fewer side-effects.

They compared it to Cisplatin, currently used to treat a wide variety of cancers, but known to have harsh side effects including nausea, vomiting and even kidney damage.

Silver is used already in everyday products such as deodorant with no known side-effects, and could make for a potentially cheaper alternative to platinum-based Cisplatin.

Researchers from the University of Leeds conducted lab tests which exposed breast and colon cancer cells to various silver-based chemicals over a six day period.

Results, published in journal Dalton Transactions, showed that these silver-compounds were ‘as effective as Cisplatin’ at killing cancer with potentially fewer side effects.

While the team are still unsure about how exactly silver battles cancer, they think its effectiveness may be caused by the structure surrounding silver atoms, known as its ligand.

 
Way forward: Researchers from the University of Leeds found that silver could be used to help defeat breast cancer

Way forward: Researchers from the University of Leeds found that silver could be used to help defeat breast cancer

They think this may help release the silver ion into cells when it enters the body, killing any cancer.

Study author Dr Charlotte Willans plans to spend the next year looking closely at what effect silver has on both cancerous and healthy cells, and whether it could be a safe and effective new anti-cancer drug.

She said: 'It’s certainly an exciting discovery, although I think we have a lot of work to do in the future. It opens the doors in terms of what we can do and investigate.

'Getting these results also gives us the opportunity we need to apply for funding to take the research further.

'This could lead to a cheaper, less toxic alternative to current treatments for cancer.'

Explaining the research in greater detail, Dr Willans added: 'As many are unfortunately aware, chemotherapy can be a very gruelling experience for the patient.

'Finding effective, yet non-toxic drugs is an ongoing problem, but these preliminary results are an important step in solving it.

'Our research has looked at the structure which surrounds a central silver atom. This "shrubbery" is what determines how reactive it is and what it will interact with.

'Our research has used different types of these ligands to see which is the most effective against cancer cells.'


 

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  • James Smith

    Then $30,000.00 paid for each chemo treatment were never really needed? And they let mega thousands die, for money.

  • is there any info anywhere on how we can do this ourselves with silver? waiting for fda approval if it ever comes will take years!

  • The FDA has no interest in colloidal silver and under current law, CAN NOT approve of disapprove cs.

  • danser charges entirely too much on his website for colloidal silver, its a rip off, you can make 100 gallons of colloidal silver at home, for what he charges for ONE OUNCE of colloidal silver on his website!

  • Laetrile can kill cancer cells too, with no side effects.

    Let’s try ever other alternative treatment except for the one that actually works.

  • The Most Expensive Colloidal Silver Actually Saves You $100s Comparatively

    You’ll be shocked at how awesome this is. It truly is an innovation you can feel in your wallet, right where it counts.

    At 3600 ppm, NutraSilver is potent enough to kill the worst viral, fungal and bacterial infections, so you’ve got that covered and you won’t be forced to compromise potency to save a little money.

    That’s great, but coming in at a whopping 30 mL per bottle, an entire ounce, it seems like this powerful solution is expensive drop for drop. Well, if you were comparing one bottle of NutraSilver to one bottle of the leading colloidal silver, it sure would be. It would be three times as expensive in some cases.

    If you’ve used colloidal silver before, chances are you’re used to a 10 ppm or 20 ppm colloidal silver. That’s pretty typical. An 8 ounce bottle of the ionic silver costs between $12 and $25.

    But you can do much better with NutraSilver. Here’s how:
    JUST ONE BOTTLE OF NUTRASILVER…
    MAKES 46 EIGHT OUNCE BOTTLES OF 10 PPM COLLOIDAL SILVER

    Buy one bottle of NutraSilver and add just 13 drops to an 8 ounce bottle of distilled or filtered water and you have a very powerful 10 ppm solution. The cool thing is that there are 600 drops in one 30 mL bottle of NutraSilver. Which means that you can make 46 different 8 ounce bottles of 10 ppm colloidal silver with one bottle of NutraSilver.

    If you like that 10 ppm dilution, then with your 46 bottles packed into a single one ounce bottle of NutraSilver, how long will that last you? That might mean you could technically have a 4-year supply in just one bottle of NutraSilver… and you’d pay less than $1 for each bottle. That’s budget conscious right there.

    So what’s the magic number? How much could one bottle of NutraSilver save you if you’re an avid user of colloidal silver?

    Let’s be conservative and say you could get an 8-ounce bottle of 10 ppm colloidal silver for $12 bottle. In that case:
    NutraSilver Saves You At Least $552 Comparatively

  • WHERE IS THE CERTIFIED LAB REPORT SHOWING 3,600 PPM COLLOIDAL SILVER ?
    If you can’t show it, shut up!

  • Anonymous

    Are you kidding me?! I you’re claiming your product cures cancer? That’s right, you’re not. You can’t. That’s illegal. I’m so sick of this crap. You’re walking a fine line danser and as soon as you slip up, expect a visit. Take that to the bank pal.

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