Biological Interactions of Silver Significant advances have been made in the use of silver and its compounds in medicinal science and surgery, including colloidal silver antiviral and antibiotic properties. In the periodic table of the elements, silver has been shown to have three oxidation states, Ag+, Ag++ and Ag+++. However, only the Ag+ state has …
Antibacterial Development Over the past 90 years, antibacterial discovery has gone from boom to bust. For about 30 years in the middle of the 20th century, pharmaceutical companies regularly churned out new classes of the drugs. Many of which doctors still use today, such as penicillin and the tetracyclines. However, by the 1980’s, discovery slowed …
Virucidal Effect of a Silver Nanocluster against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Individual protective equipment do not possess an intrinsic antimicrobial/virucidal action. Masks, filters for air conditioning and for medical respiratory devices are susceptible to microbial/viral colonization. An article by Cristina Balagna et al in the journal Open Ceramics discuss the virucidal effect of materials and methods used …
