oh this one is right up my alley! Heavy metals, including the precious metals gold and silver are often quite toxic to bacteria, and viruses dont survive long outside the body. This has been known for a long time, as silver cups etc were often used for communion in church to help prevent disease spreading from sharing the cup. But we are still struglling to understand why. This is actually something i will be researching later this year (we are waiting for reagents to come in)
However, copper and other metals are not as toxic to bacteria, in fact, many bacteria specifically love to grow on these metals
hmm, interesting question. I knew that gold and platinum nanoparticles are shown to be useful in various cancer research but I can’t think of any precious metals (thinking of gold, silver, platinum) which carry any disease on them. Usually it is the other way around. It is very difficult bacteria to grow on precious metals.
oh this one is right up my alley! Heavy metals, including the precious metals gold and silver are often quite toxic to bacteria, and viruses dont survive long outside the body. This has been known for a long time, as silver cups etc were often used for communion in church to help prevent disease spreading from sharing the cup. But we are still struglling to understand why. This is actually something i will be researching later this year (we are waiting for reagents to come in)
However, copper and other metals are not as toxic to bacteria, in fact, many bacteria specifically love to grow on these metals
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hmm, interesting question. I knew that gold and platinum nanoparticles are shown to be useful in various cancer research but I can’t think of any precious metals (thinking of gold, silver, platinum) which carry any disease on them. Usually it is the other way around. It is very difficult bacteria to grow on precious metals.
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