Gold Nanoparticles as Antivirals

[PansPurse]

Stumbled across this article and thought it was interesting. One common refrain is that Gold has few industrial uses, or that it's high price makes it not cost effective, but this could potentially be a really important use for it.

https://www.rdmag.com/news/2017/12/using-gold-nanoparticles-destroy-viruses

I've read lots about silver nanoparticles being used in medicine, water purification etc, but this is the first I've seen for gold as medicine.

[kugelblitz]

[Pete]

Next time I get a cold sore on the mouth I might kiss a half sovereign every few hours.
Terrific new medical treatments being researched using nanoparticles and immunotherapy.
This is where we in the UK need to invest and become world leaders and grow high tech industries.

[PansPurse]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

Next time I get a cold sore on the mouth I might kiss a half sovereign every few hours.
Terrific new medical treatments being researched using nanoparticles and immunotherapy.
This is where we in the UK need to invest and become world leaders and grow high tech industries.

I'm with you on that one. Graphene was discovered by university of Manchester years ago but still hasn't made itself commercially useful

[Pete]

13 minutes ago, PansPurse said:

I'm with you on that one. Graphene was discovered by university of Manchester years ago but still hasn't made itself commercially useful

I knew scientists at the University of Cambridge and tech spin-offs who pioneered OLEDs before the big names overseas turned a few million $$ into billions.
Korean manufactured flatscreens rely on Western technology and many factories over there have few workers and don't need lights as the work is done by automation and robots. Begs the question why we cannot have such facilities in the UK. Ditto solar panels and iPhones.

[PansPurse]

In fairness, the Korean universities are no slouches when it comes to world-class research too.

The real jewel for OLEDs was LG aquiring Kodak's white-OLED IP years ago... Although that said the company still struggles to produce an OLED tv that's not eye-wateringly expensive...

Incidentally, have you encountered Oxford Photovoltaics? They're getting close to commercializing perovskite solar panels which could be a big deal.

[999magnum]

This is how I eat ice cream. But seriously, when I was just a child, I remember my mom giving me some gold flake covered Korean medicine for when my tummy ached, or indigestion, and everything else. 

[Xander]

I read a medical article a few years ago which stated that people who wear a gold wedding ring never developed arthritis on that finger, whereas the other fingers did become arthritic.    Interesting if true.

[Agpanda]

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