Regeneration by Silver Ions

Silver has a long history of use as an antimicrobial. Now, an internal infection can be targeted with a silver-nylon conductive cloth placed on the skin and charged positive via a stimulating device, resulting in the flow of an ultra-low direct current of silver ions into the infection site.

It has been known for centuries that silver has significant antimicrobial properties. Silver wire was commonly put into wounds to stop infection. The silver ion (an atom of silver with an electron knocked off electro-chemically, thus retaining a positive electrical charge) is known to be an extremely broad spectrum antimicrobial agent. It has been shown to deactivate virtually every type of bacteria, even the superbugs. In addition, the silver ion is effective against viruses, for which there are very few and often no effective drugs at all. Dr. Robert O. Becker and his research team hit on the use of a silver-nylon conductive cloth, newly manufactured by NASA for non medical usage. When an appropriately scaled voltage was applied to the silver-nylon cloth, polarising it electrically positive, the cloth acted as a flat-surface, pure silver electrode that released silver ions from its surface, just as happened with the pure wire electrode. Becker used this electrified silver-nylon cloth electrode system to treat many infected surface wounds, achieving very remarkable, successful results even in cases that had failed to respond to multiple antibiotic drugs.