According to
researchers from Canada, condoms coated with tiny silver nanoparticles have the
ability to kill HIV (i.e., AIDS virus) and Herpes simplex virus upon
contact.
This, they say, helps
make up for the fact that condoms on their own are only effective at stopping
the spread of sexually transmitted diseases 85% of the time.
But by coating the
condoms with silver nanoparticles, researchers are hoping to get closer to 100%
inhibition of disease transmission.
Here’s what
researchers have discovered, so far…
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for TheSilverEdge.com…
Canadian researchers from the University of Manitoba have
found that coating condoms with silver nanoparticles gives them remarkable
infection-fighting qualities against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus in
laboratory experiments.
In a clinical
study published in the International
Journal of Nanomedicine in 2012, the Canadian researchers explain that
coating condoms with silver nanoparticles completely inactivated the
infectivity of both HIV and Herpes simplex.
What’s more, the nanosilver-coated condoms inhibited the
growth of bacterial and fungal microbes, as well.
The study authors stated, in part:
“Recent
research suggests that today's condoms are only 85% effective in preventing
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
In
response, there has been a push to develop more effective ways of decreasing
the spread of the disease.
The
new nanotechnology-based condom holds the promise of being more potent than the
first-generation products.
The
preliminary goal of this study was to develop a silver nanoparticles-coated
polyurethane condom (PUC) and to investigate its antimicrobial potential
including the inactivation of HIV and herpes simplex virus (HSV)
infectiousness…
So the researchers were looking for a way to increase the
effectiveness of regular condoms (i.e., “first generation products”) against
disease transmission, in particular, against the transmission of HIV and the Herpes
simplex virus.
What Did the
Researchers Discover?
But what did they find?
“…our
results demonstrated that the contact of the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom
with HIV-1 and HSV-1/2 was able to efficiently inactivate their infectiousness…
Furthermore,
we also showed that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom was able to inhibit the
growth of bacteria and fungi.
These
results demonstrated that the Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom is able to
directly inactivate the microbe's infectious ability and provides another
defense line against these sexually transmitted microbial infections…
…No
significant toxic effects were observed when human HeLa cells, 293T and C8166 T
cells were contacted to Ag-NPs-coated polyurethane condom for three hours.”
So there you have it.
It appears the use of silver-coated condoms would provide
significant additional protection against the spread of sexually transmitted
diseases – including viral, bacterial and fungal diseases.
And it would do so without any significant toxicity whatsoever.
As Canada’s National
Post points out in an online article:
“Some
condoms are now treated with an anti-microbial substance, called Nonoxynol-9.
Recent
studies, though, have shown that N-9 can trigger inflammation and ulceration in
the genitals, actually making infection more likely.
The
silver nanoparticles do not cause inflammation.”
So the silver nanoparticle-coated condoms not only proved to
be non-toxic, but had no other deleterious side effects, as well.
Tiny Particles Work
Best!
According to the researchers, the secret to silver’s
effectiveness against HIV and the Herpes simplex virus is in the size of the
silver particles.
“When silver is turned into nano-sized bits, it seems to
become more effective at combating bacteria and viruses,” said Dr. Xiaojian
Yao, lead author of the study.
“At such nanoscale, the extremely small size of silver
particles exhibits remarkable, unusual physio-chemical properties and biolgical
activity,” he said.
Learn More…
Of course, it’s been known for decades that silver
inactivates the ability of certain viruses to replicate.
For further documentation, see the Colloidal Silver Kills
Viruses website, which contains a good overview of many of the studies
demonstrating silver’s effectiveness against viruses.
Also, see my previous article on Colloidal
Silver and Shingles, which sets forth the evidence for silver’s
effectiveness against the herpes zoster virus.
To learn why smaller silver particles are always best when
fighting infectious illness and disease, see the section titled “What’s So
Darned Important About Silver Particle Size?” in the article at this
link.
And if you’re interested in learning how to make your own
high-quality micro-particle colloidal
silver -- quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, and for less than 36 cents per quart -- just click the link in this
sentence.
Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver….
Yours for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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