Jonathan Kolber discusses the antiviral possibilities of Colloidal Silver, and discusses a company that manufactures it.

Over the past 20 years he's worked in nuclear fusion projects, energy technologies, supercomputers, nutraceuticals, the software industry and Internet applications.

These days, Jonathan spends his days writing about the finest transformational technology companies in his newsletter, Emerging Capital Report. And his track record is simply awesome. He has open position up 518%, 187%, 131%, 99%, 99% and 56%.

In today's Sleuth, Jonathan features a technology that could eradicate every virus known to man – including the whopper of them all...HIV.]

A Real Silver Bullet

There is a unique kind of silver solution in labs right now that could kill every virus known to man — including the HIV-1 virus.

Let me repeat that…

The Journal of Nanotechnology reports that specially prepared silver nanoparticles kill the HIV-1 virus, and probably all other viruses, as well.

Researchers at the University of Texas and Mexico University prepared special solutions of colloidal silver (a suspension of just 20 parts of silver in a million parts of water) in which the silver particles were limited to 10 nanometers or smaller.

When tested in labs across the country, this silver solution killed 100% of the HIV virus within three hours. It did so in vitro (meaning within the test tube, rather than in vivo, which is within a living organism). The silver particles apparently became attached to special protein knobs on the virus.

There is every reason to expect it to work the same in vivo, and, most importantly, within people. (Indeed, I have inside information from credible sources that this is almost certainly true.)

The researchers have initiated experiments using silver nanoparticles to kill what medical researchers are calling “the superbug” (a special variety of staphylococcus bacterium, famous for its resistance to antibiotics). They believe that all microorganisms, whether viruses, bacteria or even fungi, will be killed by the solution.

This should come as no surprise to anyone who is a student of medicine.

Silver was an antibiotic of choice until the advent of antibiotics. It was effective, but not reliably so. One reason was the crude methods used to make the colloidal solution (this is a suspension of microscopic particles of the metal in distilled water). These crude methods usually resulted in particles far larger than 10 nanometers.

Colloidal Silver: The Smaller the Better

More recently, silver ointment and bandages have been found to be effective at accelerating wound healing and preventing opportunistic bacterial infections.

The evidence is now rapidly accumulating that the smaller the silver particles are, the more effectively they work. Silver nanoparticles essentially electrocute the microorganisms to which they adhere. This is, in all likelihood, a method of defense that mutation will not address. Even antibiotic-resistant superbugs should fall to it.

While the new research is a long way from proving that ultra-fine colloidal silver will kill all pathogens in a living body, there is certainly enough other evidence to suggest that it might, and it practically screams for a major research initiative to test all the applications (think a “Mini-Manhattan Project”). Even if its efficacy is limited to only some of the epidemic threats, stockpiling this and administering it as a first line of defense would seem prudent.

Silver is expensive. However, the amounts used are so minute that the silver is actually a negligible cost in making the colloidal solution.

I will be contacting the researchers to see if I can glean further details about their research. In any case, it is delightful to see the technological tidal wave rising once again to serve humanity in our hour of need.

The solution used in the tests contained particles smaller than 10 nm. Few colloidal products contain such small particles, and it is already clear that particle size is a crucial factor in effectiveness.

In addition, the Texas colloids varied somewhat in shape. It is unclear at this point how significant this variance may be. Nevertheless, miniscule particles are known to greatly increase toxicity to microorganisms, while having no effect on healthy tissue. Here, smaller is definitely better.

One manufacturer uses extraordinarily expensive and sophisticated equipment to manufacture colloids with the smallest possible particles.

These have an average size of just 0.65 nm. They are perhaps the smallest colloids of silver it is possible to make.

Colloidal Silver: MesoSilver

The product is called MesoSilver. It’s made by Colloidal Science Laboratory (http://www.colloidalsciencelab.com/). (Neither Agora Financial nor I have any ownership interest in this company.)

The company is a manufacturer, not a distributor. One vendor that appears reputable is Purest Colloids Inc. (http://www.purestcolloids.com/), from which you can order bottles for as little as $20 each in quantity. (For suggestions on usage and research, visit http://www.silver-colloids.com/.)

I advise you to acquire some of this special kind of silver colloid as a protective measure. Unopened, it has a very long shelf life.

Finally, just on the chance that the colloidal silver breakthrough and the other advances by Transformational Technologies companies prove inadequate, I am working with some scientific researchers to explore something else that may help.

It’s too soon to talk about this project, but my intention is to roll this out on a national radio program in 2006.

I’ll report my finding in a later Sleuth missive.

To your profitable future,

Jonathan Kolber
November 29, 2005

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