Interesting, so silver, even in minute amounts, reduces the mitotic activity by 30%. So I would expect silver to reduce the likelyhood of the formation of cancer causing cells from radiation to also be reduced by 30%.
Marshall Catherine Creel wrote: > Hi All, > > I think this abstract gives some sens of the effects of radiation in > the presence of silver. It appears to me that those who advisde > against are doing this because they have no knowledge from which to > formulate a true response. > > Int J Radiat Biol. 1992 Mar;61(3):369-79. > > Increased radiation tolerance of mouse tongue epithelium after local > conditioning. > > Dorr W, Kummermehr J. > > GSF-Institut fur Strahlenbiologie, W-8042 Neuherberg, Germany. > > The effect of local stimulation on mitotic activity and radiation > tolerance was studied in mouse tongue mucosa. Silver nitrate solution > (0.5-20%) was used for local conditioning. The most effective protocol > comprised three daily treatments (days 0-2), yielding a delayed > increase in 24 h mitotic counts by about 30% on days 5-7. The > stimulating effect was independent of silver nitrate concentration. > Sham treatment with saline or anaesthesia alone clearly depressed > mitotic activity on days 2-4 without any subsequent overshoot. > Radiation treatment was initiated on day 5 after three daily > treatments with 3% silver nitrate solution. A top-up technique was > employed, consisting of fractionated irradiation (300 kV X-rays) of > the whole snout, followed by graded local test doses (25 kV X-rays) to > induce denudation in a confined area of the inferior tongue surface. > Silver nitrate conditioning did not alter the radiosensitivity of the > epithelium to single local doses, but shortened the latency to > denudation from 11 to 8 days. In contrast, a clear increase in > tolerance to fractionated irradiation, delivering 5 x 2.5, 5 x 3.5, 5 > x 4.5 Gy or 3 x 5.2 Gy in 7 days, was observed, equivalent to about > four, two, one and two extra dose fractions. This approach may be a > suitable way to increase radiation tolerance of oral mucosa in > clinical radiotherapy. > > PMID: 1347070 > > -- > Regards, > Catherine > > "Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want > to, when all they need is one reason why they can." -- Mary Frances > Berry > > -- > 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]> >
