Excerpt from: http://aun-tv.com/2014/10/silver-nano-particles-ebola-cure-or-elaborate-hoax/
Thanks to a reader’s comment we were made aware of an article that says its an official US Air Force medical study that indicates silver nanoparticles can cure Ebola. This article is a PDF and looks very official. Yet it has a strange name for the agency the 711th Human Performance Wing Air Force Research Laboratory, of the US Government’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DFRA, Defense Department)
That sounds strange, so we checked it out.
Applied Biotechnology Branch, Human Effectiveness Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory (711 HPW/RHPB), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Area B, R ST, Bldg 837, Dayton, OH 45433-5707, USA Its Real!
And here is a government link to a study by them about Silver Nanoparticles, which is also called collodial silver: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3211222/#__ffn_sectitle Here is part of the article:
Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Alter Cathepsin Activity In vitroJanice L Speshock, Laura K Braydich-Stolle, [...], and Saber M Hussain
Abstract: Nanomaterials are being incorporated into many biological applications for use as therapeutics, sensors, or labels. Silver nanomaterials are being utilized for biological implants and wound dressings as an antiviral material, whereas gold nanomaterials are being used as biological labels or sensors due to their surface properties and biocompatibility. Cytotoxicity data of these materials are becoming more prevalent; however, little research has been performed to understand how the introduction of these materials into cells affects cellular processes. Here, we demonstrate the impact that silver and gold nanoparticles have on cathepsin activity in vitro. Cathepsins are important cellular proteases that are imperative for proper immune system function.
Janice L Speshock is one of the same persons on the suspect Ebola cure PDF making the rounds on the internet. The link is on a silver site, not a government site: http://www.thesilveredge.com/pdf/de...cles-neutralize-hemorrhagic-fever-viruses.pdf
Novel Nanotechnology-Based Antiviral Agents: Janice Speshock, Ph.D. Saber Hussain, Ph.D.Applied Biotechnology Branch 711th Human Performance Wing Air Force Research Laboratory
Silver nanoparticle neutralization of hemorrhagic fever viruses Bulk and Nano Silver have been shown to inhibit enzyme activity.
• Silver binds readily to thiol groups.
• Cathepsin B has been shown to have an essential role in Ebola virus replication.
• Cathepsin L has an accessory role in Ebola virus replication.
And this PDF on the silver site has the official seal and pictures of the doctors, etc. But does this same “study” exist on any government site? The other studies by the same doctor and organization do exist on government websites. That should not be hard to find out. Lets take “Cathepsin B has been shown to have an essential role in Ebola virus replication” and search Google for it and the word “.gov”
We find the suspect article on the silver website, and we do NOT find it on a government site. However on a government site we find a study that says the opposite! Cathepsin B & L Are Not Required for Ebola Virus Replication Cathepsin B L Are Not Required for Ebola Virus Replication
Andrea Marzi, Thomas Reinheckel, and Heinz Feldmann
Abstract: Ebola virus (EBOV), family Filoviridae, emerged in 1976 on the African continent. Since then it caused several outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fever in humans with case fatality rates up to 90% and remains a serious Public Health concern and biothreat pathogen. The most pathogenic and best-studied species is Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV). EBOV encodes one viral surface glycoprotein (GP), which is essential for replication, a determinant of pathogenicity and an important immunogen. –
This indicates that a real report was copied and altered to create a hoax, that the supposed Air Force study that supposedly says silver nanoparticles cure Ebola, is a fabrication.
But There is more! A University of Michigan website accepts the Ebola cure article as real:
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The majority of the evidence indicates this is an elaborate hoax. We hope that is not the case, please post any evidence to the contrary at-
Continued at: http://aun-tv.com/2014/10/silver-nano-particles-ebola-cure-or-elaborate-hoax/
