'Silver can kill some cancers as effectively as chemotherapy and with potentially fewer side effects, new research claims. 'Scientists say that old wives tales about the precious metal being a 'silver bullet' to beat the Big C could be true.
The metal already has a wide range of medicinal uses and is a common antiseptic, antibiotic and means of purifying water in the third world.
And British researchers now say that silver compounds are as effective at killing certain cancer cells as a leading chemotherapy drug, but with potentially far fewer side-effects. They compared it to Cisplatin, currently used to treat a wide variety of cancers, but known to have harsh side effects including nausea, vomiting and even kidney damage.'
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