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duni04: http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/Events/codex-agentsofdisinformation.html
These are the criminals our minister of health has chosen to deal with, together with their Nigerian 419 collaborator, Simon Agwale.

shymexx: Thanks for the clarification, ma'am.

So, what do you think should be done about those with the virus in Nigeria, who don't have the luxury of getting zmapp(since Mapp Pharm is out of supply), or no other treatment for now - apart from being left for dead?

shymexx: Ma'am, I just found a research paper on the internet that was done by some scientists at US Air Force National Laboratory about: the effectiveness of silver nanoparticles in rendering hemorrhagic fever viruses like Ebola(Monkeypox Virus) ineffective. And apparently this power-point presentation(http://drrimatruthreports.com/wp-content/uploads/Analysis-of-DTRA-Nano-Silver-Study.pdf) just got declassified a few years ago. I'll like to know what you think.

This is the research paper: http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/3/4/129

^^^^You can check the power-point link and the research paper. I don't really understand advanced medical terms, that's not my field. So, I'll like to know what you think.

duni04: This entire nanosilver rubbish is a 419 scam.The name of the so called Nigerian scientist based in the US is still unclear, there is a fictituous foundation behind it and the most glaring red flag is that the nanosilver is available online, like the FDA said. These are all features of a well thought out scam. Nigeria's minister of health is the most unintelligent id.iot there ever was.

[b] Eight Ebola patients in Nigeria will be treated with an experimental drug called Nano Silver, the Nigerian minister of health said, according to news reports.

The drug was reportedly developed by a Nigerian doctor living overseas, and is being shipped to Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos. But the health minister did not disclose the name of the doctor who developed the treatment, and little else is known about it, the Wall Street Journal reported.

One possibility is that the drug is made from nanoparticles of silver, but it may also be made from other components, experts say. In any case, it's highly unlikely the medicine has ever been tested against Ebola in nonhuman animals, experts say.

"I am suspicious of the claim … of this being a viable treatment for Ebola virus, and I am worried that this will cause more harm than good," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease specialist and a senior associate at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Center for Health Security. [5 Things You Should Know About Ebola]

Experimental drugs

The current Ebola outbreak — the largest in history — has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa. Because there is no approved vaccine or treatment for Ebola, and the virus has a high fatality rate, the World Health Organization decided this week that it was ethical to use unproven drugs in the current outbreak.

Two American health care workers and a Spanish priest received doses of an experimental, antibody-based drug called ZMapp. (The Americans are reported to be improving; the priest has died.) A Canadian company is donating 1,000 doses of its experimental drug to Liberia, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a hold on using another drug, developed by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals. All of those drugs have been tested in nonhuman primates, and the Tekmira drug is going through initial safety trials in humans.

But the drug that Nigerian health officials plan to use is much less well known — and likely less tested — than any of these experimental compounds, experts say.

Nano silver

No one has reported on what Nano Silver is made of, or how it works.

One possibility is that the drug uses tiny — or "nano" — particles of silver. There is some evidence that silver has antimicrobial properties, said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

But as far as taking it orally as medicine, "silver has been tried in various other circumstances against several different infections with very limited effect," Schaffner told Live Science.

Adalja noted that silver coatings on bed railings, catheters and endotracheal tubes can inhibit bacteria from colonizing those surfaces. Silver is also added to certain topical antibacterial creams, such burn creams, to prevent infection, he said.

But there's no peer-reviewed evidence that silver could help a person infected with the Ebola virus, Adalja said. And if the drug were actually made of tiny silver nanoparticles, then the particles could potentially penetrate cells and "wreak some havoc there," Adalja added.

In the U.S. and elsewhere, the diet supplement colloidal silver is popular, although drinking too much of the liquid silver suspension can have an ugly side effect: Colloidal silver can turn people blue.



But it's possible that the phrase "nano silver" is just a catchy name for a totally different compound, Adalja said.

No animal testing

It's unlikely that Nano Silver has been tested in animals infected with Ebola, Adalja said. In the United States, Ebola is incredibly hard to gain access to: Anyone who handles live Ebola virus must work in one of a handful of biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories, and must be cleared by both the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to work with such a dangerous agent, Adalja said.

Another reason to doubt the treatment's validity is that any success in Ebola research tends to be big news, he said. In other words, if Nano Silver were showing promise, it would likely not have just been noticed now.

"Most of the things that are going on with Ebola are very well publicized," Adalja told Live Science.

Giving untested treatments to Ebola patients is a risky proposition, Schaffner said.

People may think to themselves, "'These are desperate circumstances. What's to lose?'" Schaffner said. "There's a terrific amount to lose."

If the drugs harm people, or are just useless, "the already shaky confidence in the health care system could be threatened," Schaffner said.

Even focusing on more tested drugs could undermine the public health effort. Quantities of all the experimental drugs are scarce, and are no substitute for "tried and true" methods for stopping Ebola, Adalja said.

"That involves basic public health and hygiene, finding cases, reporting them and tracking them," Adalja said.
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http://www.livescience.com/47389-nigerian-experimental-ebola-drug.html

By every description, Dr. Rima Laibow is controversial and combative.
The American doctor ─ who said she has a cure for the Ebola virus disease and whose treatment is now made available to Nigeria by an unnamed donor ─ has been campaigning against the “conspiracy” of conventional drug makers.
You guessed right ─ she is into “natural solutions”, or what is better known as alternative medicine. She sells things like “hemp oil” and “organic chocolate” as cure for illnesses. In fact, Nano Silver, which arrived Nigeria on Thursday, is not classified as a drug, because it is not so certified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ─ the American equivalent of NAFDAC. Rather, Nano Silver is classified as a “supplement”.
She calls it “drug-free medicine”. ‘The Power of Ten’ Recently, she started a campaign of “10 PPM” to make Nano Silver available, saying “no one need die from Ebola: You and your friends can stop it”.
Under the scheme, you are supposed to “make the pledge of 10″ ─ to get the information about Nano Silver across to 10 people.
This is how it works, according to her.
Step 1: Secure the protocol for the use of Nano Silver 10 PPM by going to her website and entering your email address.

Step 2: Calculate how much Nano Silver 10 PPM you need and make sure you have enough on hand.

Step 3: Take the Pledge for 10. Make yourself a promise that you will send out this information on social media and by email, in your club’s website, your PTA or whatever to make sure that at least 10 other people are protected in the same way.

Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng/the-controversial-woman-behind-nano-silver-the-new-ebola-drug-being-tried-in-nigeria | TheCable

A Nigerian contagious disease expert, Dr. Simon Agwale, had said that Nano Silva had proven effective against viruses, bacteria, and parasites. “It may be also a source of a cure” for Ebola patients, Agwale said.

Nano Silva oral, according to www.indiamart.com, is a dietary supplement providing nano (10nm) scaled silver particles in pure hydro solution.

Reports confirm that Nano Silva Oral kills the deadliest bacteria tested so far.

US major universities like UC Davis, Kansas, UT have proven the effectiveness of the product in killing thousands of strains of Staphaureus, T.B, Strepaureus, E. Colli, Salmonella, yeast and even anthrax spores and so on.

Nano Silva Oral is the only non-toxic product-proven to kill anthrax spores. Test reveal successful efficacy of Nano Cell Silver in combating malaria, bird flu among others.

Nano Ag+ ruptures and penetrates the cell wall membranes and interacts with sulphur and phosphorous compounds of DNA, inhibiting the replication of bacteria.

The strong positive ionic charge of silver enhances additional bactericidal effect, thereby killing the bacteria totally.

http://www.punchng.com/news/new-drug-nano-silva-expected-in-lagos-hospital/

This Nigerian Dr has his PHD in Zoology and he make it in Jos.

I will give you more information about this Nigerian

Dannyxy: ehmm, let me not say what I wanted to say. no, I will..

you are foolish, you know that right?, you are actually very foolish, you are not wise at all. I am starting to get irritated by you so called " American wannabees, you open your mouth to call Nigerians stupid? what fallacy?, what is your own contribution to your own society?, what have you done to enforce change where you are?, what right do you have to call Nigerians stupid?, are you mad?, you sit in front of your computer typing crap, feeling comfortable and safe in a society were you will remain second fiddle forever, please, as long as you are not doing anything to better the society, you have no right to complain, after all we can all sit in front of our computer lazily criticizing and insulting, then let see if the society will work.. and yes we will keep paying money to our God, come do your worst... fool.

Fulaman198: Scientific or technological findings are one of the concepts that equate to education. When you have a developed or strong nation that does not revel in religion, they are more prone to discover technological and scientific advancing solutions.

mekula: Thanks for the insults ma'am. And your daughter and her friends are the defacto standards for measuring credibility right? Have you even read Dr. Agwale's statements at all or you just feel the need to canvass a campaign of calumny against an entire nation? I have not seen where he laid claim to the invention, just suggestions to help. I don't see what your daughter has come up with yet. We will try nanosilver and if it doesn't work, we will probably improve on Prof. Maurice Iwu's bitterkola theorem or even cow dung or whatever else we have to do. As it is we have all to lose by not trying at all. By the way, why are most of your topics about men of God, any bitter experiences with any of them? Just asking.

Acidosis: Please read this interview with Dr Simon. Date: May 15, 2012

Question : The substance in Silver is in one bottle. You say it cures many ailments. What difference has it again from herbal products because they are accused of curing many ailments with one substance?



The said researcher is not laying claims on the discovery of nano silver; rather the potent effects of nano silver on ebola virus. @Nairalanders should please take note!

It takes an ordinary man to discover the bitter taste of bitterleaf; but it takes an extraordinary man to discover the power of the same leaf on the liver.

We (Nigerians) only suffer from a destructive complex/civil service mentality which states "nothing can work in Nigeria since everybody is dull."

These are normal researches that can be done in the country. In my undergraduate research (project) for instance, I studied the effects of Sunflower (Helianthus) on Na+/K+ ATPase activity of the liver, heart and kidney using 16 wistar rats. At the end, I came up with impressive conclusions.

Today, my project paper is somewhere in the school library waiting for its eternal destruction.

Again, I do not doubt Dr Simon. A private consultant/expert with over 20 years experience + over 100 awards cannot mislead the whole world.

san316: Atleast that's what we want. We have to start taking the initiative. Even though it's not in Africa, it was developed by an African(Nigerian) that means we can still get it right if do things right. To our leaders: if the Dr says he wants to set up a research lab in Nigeria, can you commit to it?

Simon Agwale, PhD

There are basic researches that we can't do here because of facilities. I can't do the stem cell here because it requires twenty-four hour's light. I need companies that provide my laboratory needs instantly. You can't do any meaningful tissue culturing procedure in Nigeria for now.

This is why we are into two works: we do the real research and development in the US, and do the implementation here until we get certain things right.

My research requires complementation and they are not here. There is no single company in Nigeria that makes media for tissue culture. We have to import everything.

UrbanMystique: fhuck America and it's propaganda website.. because the drug is being discovered by black African they want to do everything to undermine it because it would decrease the income they are going to make on their useless zmapp

ceejayluv: Yeah... It's sad that our minister of health could fall for (or perpetrate) such scam ...

ceejayluv: I tire oooo... A quick googling reveals that nano silver is a well known supplement in the medical field that has stirred some cancer controversy... How one could claim that he developed an ebola drug "nano silver" is baffling.

No harm in trying though.

MissMeiya: FDA warns of fraudulent Ebola drug claims
Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:39am BST

By Toni Clarke

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola.

The FDA's warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria's top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients in Lagos, the country's capital, will receive an experimental treatment called nano-silver.

Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the FDA, said she could not provide any information about the product referenced by the Nigerians.

The FDA did not specify any products in its warning.

Silver has been used as an antibacterial for centuries. Tiny silver particles known as nano-silver have controversially been incorporated into a variety of consumer products such as socks and bedding to help block odors caused by bacteria and mold.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers nano-silver a pesticide. Manufacturers of products that contain it must register them with the agency.

Nano-silver is also sometimes sold online as a dietary supplement even though Danish researchers found in a recent study that nano-silver can penetrate and damage cells.

The FDA regulates dietary supplements and said in its statement that "by law, dietary supplements cannot claim to prevent or cure disease."

The agency said it had received consumer complaints about the Ebola claims.

"Individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action," the agency said.

The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has claimed 1,069 lives so far. Most have been in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigeria has confirmed 10 cases of the disease and four deaths.

(Reporting by Toni Clarke in Washington; Editing by Richard Chang)

MissMeiya: Madame Marie Curie remains the only PERSON in history to win Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences.

Despite rampant gender prejudice and inequality in education and the field. That still continues to this day. Any accomplishment a woman makes in the face of all that is automatically worth twice any man's accomplishment.


Men don't appreciate how easy they have it.

thegoodjoehunt3: I started having doubts when I read the conspiracy theories of Dr Rima to push the drug.

What is worse was the Minister of Health parading it as a work of genius. I guess he is more interested in securing the 1.9 billion naira Ebola money for himself than fighting the spread.

thegoodjoehunt3: Embarassing - Nano-silver Nigerian Ebola Drug Is A Pesticide- US


https://www.nairaland.com/1858679/nano-silver-nigerian-ebola-drug-pesticide#25498140

plaetton: Obviously Nigerian criminal churches have become a very visibly nauseating problem in the UK.
Thank for people who have moral sensibilities.

Here in Nigeria, the stench oozing from these religious fraudsters is just too much.
I wonder when it hit the critical point.

viution: Nigeria is most religious people in the world but less godly. Are you married?

viution: Do come back home jor

viution: so what are you doing on nairaland? Or are you a Nigerian