Silver & Medicine?
Silver has been known to have anti bacterial properties for some time. The use of silver in medicine is another promising area of growth heading into the future. The Silver Institute has brief summary you can find here on some medicinal uses for silver. They also have a more detailed dive into the topic called Silver in Medicine - Past, Present. and Future . Here is an excerpt: "But what of the future? Silver continues to be the subject of intense R&D efforts, particularly with respect to limiting and preventing infection. As mentioned above, infections associated with implantable medical devices adversely affect patient health and quality of life, and the overall healthcare costs. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens has made the...