Boron - Big Pharma Gets Interested Thursday, October 23, 2008 Byron Richards, CCN
http://www.wellnessresources.com/health/articles/boron_big_pharma_gets_interested/ Boron is a trace mineral vital to human health, especially for your bones. Look out; Big Pharma wants to create a whole new industry centered on boron-containing drugs to treat cancer and disease. Is this good? Why are they interested? This was the hot topic of a recent European health conference. As the researchers explained "All life is derived ultimately from the element carbon, which lies next to boron in the periodic table of elements, their respective atomic numbers being six and five. Boron compounds share some similarities with carbon but also have important differences. It is the combination of these similarities and differences that give boron its unique potential in medicine. The important similarity is that boron, like carbon, combines with hydrogen to form stable compounds that can participate in biochemical reactions and syntheses. The key difference is that these compounds have distinctive geometrical shapes and electronic charge distributions with greater 3D complexity than their carbon based equivalents.while organic carbon molecules tend to comprise rings and chains, boron hydrides (compounds comprising mostly boron and hydrogen) are made up of clusters and cages." Big Pharma is excited because they think they can use boron to design biological transport systems for cancer drugs as well as a new class of antibiotics to treat infectious diseases. In essence, they plan to fool Mother Nature if they can, and like any area of pharmaceutical exploration there are potential benefits and lots of risks. Long before this research will generate drugs, it will generate lots of new information about how boron works in human health - a positive side effect of Big Pharma research. Already the scientists are focusing us on the idea that new science shows that boron is vital for the proper three dimensional structure and integrity of living cells. Well, that certainly applies to the cells in your body and it means you shouldn't be deficient in boron. Boron is known as an important cofactor in the strength of your bones. It helps your body retain calcium and magnesium, as well as assist vitamin D to work better. The emerging science indicates that boron is likely an integral part of the three dimensional structural integrity of your bones. Boron has also been studied for its support of brain health, joint health, prostate health, and estrogen balance for women. Stay tuned - I'll keep you up to date on the breaking boron news as it happens. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
