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Nanoparticles: The new One True Cause of All Disease?
They're here, they're there, they're everywhere! If you believe certain quacks, nanoparticles are the new One True Cause of All Disease, and the evil food industry and big pharma are trying to poison you with them.
Source: Respectful Insolence - February 8, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking antivaccine Antonietta Gatti nanoparticles Sayer Ji Stefano Montanari vaccines Source Type: blogs

The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Listeria monocytogenes PCM2191 Peptidoglycan Metabolism and Cell Permeability.
Authors: Markowska K, Grudniak AM, Milczarek B, Wolska KI Abstract Listeria monocytogenes is Gram-positive bacterial pathogen, a causative agent of food poisoning and systemic disease - listeriosis. This species is still susceptible to several conventionally used antibiotics but an increase in its resistance has been reported. For this reason the search for new, alternative therapies is an urgent task. Silver nanoparticles seem to be the promising antibacterial agent. Minimal inhibitory concentration of silver nanoparticles was determined. Sublethal concentrations were used in study of nanosilver effect on cells ly...
Source: Polish Journal of Microbiology - November 21, 2018 Category: Microbiology Tags: Pol J Microbiol Source Type: research

Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of mannose-modified chitosan/PMLA nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant Helicobacter pylori
Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Nov 7:S0141-8130(22)02520-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.10.265. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBecause of the apparent stasis in antibiotic discoveries and the growth of multidrug resistance, Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric infections are difficult to eradicate. In the search for alternative therapy, the reductive amination of chitosan with mannose, followed by ionic gelation, produced mannose functionalized chitosan nanoparticles. Then, molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted with H. pylori lectin (HPLectin) as a target protein involved in bacterium adhere...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - November 10, 2022 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Muhammad Arif Rafiq Ahmad Mohamed Sharaf None Samreen Javed Muhammad Mohnad Abdalla Wafa Ali Eltayb Chen-Guang Liu Source Type: research

Diethyldithiocarbamate loaded in beeswax-copaiba oil nanoparticles obtained by solventless double emulsion technique promote promastigote death in vitro
Publication date: Available online 18 December 2018Source: Colloids and Surfaces B: BiointerfacesAuthor(s): Karin Luize Mazur, Paulo Emílio Feuser, Alexsandra Valério, Arthur Poester Cordeiro, Camila Indiani de Oliveira, João Paulo Assolini, Wander Rogério Pavanelli, Claudia Sayer, Pedro H.H. AraújoAbstractLeishmaniasis is considered a neglected tropical disease that represents a Public Health problem due to its high incidence. In the search of new alternatives for Leishmaniasis treatment diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC) has shown an excellent leishmanicidal activity and the incorporation into drug carrier systems, such ...
Source: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces - December 25, 2018 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research

Recent advances in antibacterial applications of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) and metal nanocomposites (MNCs) against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria.
Authors: Alavi M, Rai M Abstract INTRODUCTION: In recent years, multidrug-resistance in bacteria has drastically increased and has posed a great threat to the human health. This problem has generated an urgent need to search alternatives for the treatment of MDR bacteria. It has been proved that metal nanoparticles (MNPs) and nanocomposites (MNCs) possess remarkable antimicrobial potential, and hence can be used in alternative therapy. Areas covered: This review is aimed to discuss recent reports on antibacterial activities of MNPs and MNCs against MDR bacteria. Expert opinion: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aure...
Source: Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy - May 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther Source Type: research

Evaluation of the efficacy of gold nanoparticles on Giardia lamblia infection in experimental animals
This study aimed to evaluate the anti-Giardia effect of gold nanoparticles as an alternative to MTZ. This study was done on 70 experimentally albino rats that were divided into three main groups with seven subgroups (each of 10 rats). The effect of MTZ and gold nanoparticles as single or combined therapy were evaluated. The effect was assessed by counting Giardia fecal cysts in the stool and trophozoites in the intestinal wash, histopathological, transmission and scanning electron microscopic examinations of the small intestinal tissues. Toxic tests of biochemical parameters of liver and kidney function were also performed...
Source: Experimental Parasitology - May 25, 2022 Category: Parasitology Authors: Mona G Mohamed Sirria M Elmarhoumy Eman M Saied Hager S Zoghroban Source Type: research

Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using a Cordyceps militaris extract and their antiproliferative effect in liver cancer cells (HepG2).
Authors: Ji Y, Cao Y, Song Y Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common liver cancer among different types of cancers. Cordyceps Militaris mushroom species traditionally used as an alternative medicine in china for centuries. Gold nanoparticles plays vital role in the development of the anticancer drugs. In our research, we investigated the gold nanoparticles with C. Militaris on the hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells. The synthesized gold nanoparticles stability and integrity was studied at different time intervals. The gold nanoparticles potentially halt the growth of the HepG2 cells at the IC50 conce...
Source: Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology - July 17, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Tags: Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol Source Type: research

Antibiofilm properties of chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles found against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
In this study, we have investigated the effect of silver nanoparticles in the formation of biofilm in multidrug resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Observation showed that biofilm formation occurred at bacterial concentration of 106 cfu/ml for the sensitive strain of P. aeruginosa while in the resistant strain, the biofilm was evident at bacterial concentration of about 103 cfu/ml. The biofilm were then tested against various concentrations of silver nanoparticles to determine the inhibitory effect of the silver nanoparticles. In the sensitive strain, 20 mug/ml of silver nanoparticles inhibited the growth optimall...
Source: Journal of Nanobiotechnology - January 14, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Authors: Navindra PalanisamyNas FerinaAthirah AmirulhusniZaini Mohd-ZainJamal HussainiLiew PingRajkumar Durairaj Source Type: research

Characterization of Nanoparticles in 2X, 4X and 6X Potencies of Ferrum Phosphoricum.
Conclusions: Although all 5 techniques used in the study showed the presence of iron phosphate nanoparticles in the 2X, 4X and 6X potencies of Ferrum phosphoricum, making them essential tools in determining the presence of nanoparticles, UV-vis, FTIR, and TEM analysis were best suited for the analysis of nanoparticles in high-dilution preparations such as homeopathic remedies, due to the limitations of DLS and EDX. PMID: 32827409 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - August 19, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Nowbuth AA, Caminsky M Tags: Altern Ther Health Med Source Type: research

A review of the effects of gold, silver, selenium, and zinc nanoparticles on diabetes mellitus in murine models.
Abstract Diabetes mellitus is a disease that presents great challenges for health systems worldwide, and the identification of alternative therapies for the treatment of this disease is of vital importance. Metallic nanoparticles (gold, silver, and selenium) and metallic oxide (ZnO) have been studied in different areas such as medicine, biotechnology, the environment, and the food industry with promising results. In medicine, current research has revealed these nanoparticles' antidiabetic properties thanks to the implementation of animal models. This review will address the existing antecedents and the effects of ...
Source: Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry - February 3, 2021 Category: Chemistry Authors: Martínez-Esquivias F, Guzmán-Flores JM, Pérez-Larios A, Rico JL, Becerra-Ruiz JS Tags: Mini Rev Med Chem Source Type: research