Dr. Robert O. Becker, MD
Silver Ions & Electromedicine

This document highlights the scientific research of Dr. Robert Becker. Dr. Becker successfully proved the tissue healing properties of silver ions through laboratory studies and in-body experimentation. Author of Body Electric and Cross Currents, Becker has more than 30 years of medical research experience.

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Dr. Robert O. Becker, MD
Silver Ions: Altered Cell Morphology, Anti-bacterial Properties, and
Stimulated Tissue Growth and Healing

Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and medical research doctor, is one of the early pioneers responsible for the resurgence of silver use in medical applications. Dr. Becker's primary area of personal interest has always been exploring the possibility of complete tissue and organ regeneration in humans. Through his fascinating journey which spans over three decades of dedicated research, he has brilliantly explored bioelectric and electromagnetic systems, reaching to understand and control the growth and healing process in complex organisms. Much of the following information was taken directly from the books The Body Electric and Cross Currents.

Robert O. Becker - The Discovery of Silver

Dr. Becker first used silver in 1971. His experiments at this time focused on proving that minute amounts of electrical current could dedifferentiate cells and stimulate limb regeneration in rats. For his experiments, Dr. Becker elected to use a platinum electrode as the negative pole ( cathode ) and a pure silver electrode as the positive pole ( anode ) with a 106 - 108 Megohms resistor wired into the circuit. He implanted the device in 35 rats, and achieved the most notable results using 1 nanoamp of current.

In 1972, Dr. Becker was ready to begin experimentation with electrical stimulation for bone growth in humans, particularly in cases where broken bones ( nonunions ) refused to heal. Again, Dr. Becker chose to use silver, primarily because he believed silver was less likely to chemically react with tissues and he believed that silver would transmit the electrical current most efficiently.

Testing conducted by Dr. Becker's team demonstrated that the positive pole of a silver electrode in a low current circuit would kill all forms bacteria within a 1/2 inch radius. Dr. Becker hypothesized that this effect was due to the delivery of silver ions directly into the adjacent tissues. Never-the-less, his primary concern was that the positive current at the treatment site might cause delays in healing. Up to this point, research indicated that growth stimulation occurred at the negative electrode.

Dr. Becker eventually concluded that while all five of metals they tested stopped growth of all bacteria, the current required for all types except silver required dangerously high levels of current. Dr. Becker hypothesized that the other metals killed bacteria by poisoning the bacteria and normal cells. Eventually, Dr. Becker confirmed that the silver deactivated or killed all bacteria with no side effects with small ( and safe ) levels of current.

Dr. Becker eventually began experimenting with silver-impregnated nylon as a form of wound dressing designed to kill bacteria; he continued to use "positive current" to kill bacteria and "negative current" to stimulate tissue/bone growth. Becker's team commonly used between 100 to 200 nanoamps of electrical current per centimeter of electrode in their research. Dr. Becker concluded that other researchers were using far too much current in related experimentation, and that electricity exceeding one volt posed the possibility of dangerous side effects in nearby tissues.

In 1977, Becker first noticed that the silver anode ( positive pole ) appeared to actually be stimulating bone growth as well as eliminating infections. By 1978 he had repeated this phenomenon a number of times, and decided to reevaluate the theory that only the negative current stimulated tissue growth.

In 1980 Dr. Becker, through extensive research and experimentation, concluded that the current was not the determining factor with this stimulated growth. Rather, it was the silver ions that were responsible for the accelerated healing at the anode. He found that cells within 5 millimeters of the silver were actually altered. In cultures, Dr. Becker demonstrated that silver ions effected cell changes to the extent that the cells grew extremely quickly, producing primitively formed cells including fully dedifferentiated cells and rounded fibroblasts. Furthermore, the process of using silver ions to stimulate healing resulted in a 50% reduction in the healing time.

While it is universally accepted by knowledgeable researchers that silver ions can, in fact, alter cell morphology, some dispute the claim that actual cell dedifferentiation occurs. However, these conflicting findings may be due solely to the actual amount of current used; increased levels of current may in fact interfere with the process. Dr. Becker is virtually alone in the belief that the amount of current used should be minute, approaching the same levels of the natural DC current present in the human body.

Before Becker's research group dissolved, Dr. Becker found that silver ions, electrically injected, could suspend the mitosis of ( cancerous ) malignant fibrosarcoma cells. Dr. Becker hypothesized that cancer cells, regardless of the initial cause, were cells caught in a partially differentiated and primitive state. However, this promising research was never fully explored.

Dr. Becker's conclusion was that low-current silver electrodes stimulate bone formation by dedifferentiating cells and possibly stimulating periosteal cells. Dr. Becker's greatest cautionary note is the observation that high levels of current will stimulate cancer cell growth; the key is low-current with pure silver electrodes.

Research Points of Interest

• Red blood cells of a frog can be dedifferentiated by using extremely small amounts of current, measured in billionths of amperes.
• Bone growth stimulation occurred with platinum electrodes ( at the negative electrode ) at a maximum of 3 micro amps ( generated by a power source delivering an initial 100 micro amperes )
• The average amount of voltage required to induce electrolysis in human tissues was 1.1 volts of direct current ( any amount of current above this point can cause cell damage or cell death )
• Becker's group demonstrated that by using silver electrodes and 0.1 micro amperes of current, bone growth stimulation still occurred, and nonunion fractures healed.
• Dr. Becker noted that cancer cell growth was stimulated by 300% using the 10 microampere method.
• Dr. Becker noted that the combined effect of the proper level of current and the delivery of silver ions could dedifferentiate cancer cells; both elements must be correctly applied for any results ( the activation of primitive-type genes in a cell nucleus ).
• Dr. Becker realized that the silver electrode method could be used on a patient's cells, and that large quantities of primitive cells could be stored for use at later date.

In January of 1980, primarily due to political reasons, the inflow of research grant money stopped, and Dr. Becker was forced to close his laboratory, even though he was likely on the verge of incredible breakthroughs in full tissue and organ regeneration in humans.

View the next page: Silver Iontophoresis

For a detailed analysis of silver iontophoresis technology, view this excellent article:
http://www.rexresearch.com/becker/becker1.htm

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Joana Darc – Brasil May 28, 2009 - 16:23 Subject: comprar I am a student of veterinary medicine, I am reading the whole book, but I think in Brazil, someone I could ajundar find a way to buy this book? required J – OK May 26, 2009 - 21:35 Subject: I Need A Definitive Answer for my Dilemma. Hello. I have been researching but have not been able to make a safe decision. I have A Xomed Bone Conduction Hearing Device Implant. The implant part is A magnet screwed into my Skull resting under the skin. If I ingest I.C. Silver will the magnet attract any or all particles?? The Xomed is outdated & broken now, am wondering if i should have the magnet removed since it is no longer useful plus I do not know if it's safe to have the magnet there. I am having chronic ear infections and have to have another Tympanoplasty. The I. Colloidal Silver would be a Godsend. The long term antibiotics are wreaking havoc on my 46 year old body. If I also receive A Cochlear Implant can I safely take I.C. Silver? I just want to have healthy ears for once. I know it can be done. A. Reid – Canada May 17, 2009 - 11:15 Subject: Question for Robert Becker Stephanie, Dr. Robert Becker died years ago. No wonder you were not able to find contact info for him. Sorry about that. Reply to A. Reid Silvermedicine.org Admin – Las Vegas, NV May 17, 2009 - 12:38 Subject: Re: Question for Robert Becker Hi - I'm sorry, but Dr. Robert O Becker is still very much alive (but not currently involved in research work). It was Dr. Bob Beck that has passed away. Dean Jones – Oregon, USA May 16, 2009 - 16:57 Subject: HepC I Have Hep C and was wondering which device to use... Dr Samir M. Sawaya – Lebanon May 07, 2009 - 02:13 Subject: Silver ion Interesting news on Dr Becker research. I have been preparing "colloidal" silver by electrolysis since over 3 years. I use it regularly on all minor surgery and all wound dressing including chronic ulcers, slow healing wounds and burns usually second degree, insect bites and stings, infectious diarrhea and it works against Helicobacter Pylori too. Lately, I used colloidal silver dressings on an, over 50 yrs old man. He suffered an open wound fracture of the tibia and presented with an intramedullary metallic fixation. The stent could be seen thru the wound due to a missing fragment of bone (# 7 cm in length) on the anterior aspect of the leg. All antibiotics, local and systemic, were withdrawn. The wound healed in a record time of two months and wound cultures were sterile starting the second week of treatment. The orthopedic that followed the case was amazed at the results and he wished he could do so well in his own way. In the mean time of treatment I hoped that bone would grow fast enough to show a smaller gap left by the missing bone fragment. But this did not occur. Based on previous observations, I shall mention later, I hoped that silver ions in contact with periosteal cells of the remaining periost on the bone shaft would be stimulated enough to show some bone bridging of the too large bone gap in the two months treatment period. This hypothesis extrapolates a previous observation on a # 80 yrs old colleague wbleepedsuffered a chronic ulcer of the heel showing the calcaneum bone. He got antibiotics on and off for over a year with no results. His son is biologist in charge of the immunology lab. at the graft and transplantation division of the same hospital where I am. We were discussing the immunology of treatments with colloidal silver dressing when he told me of the chronic ulcer of his father. I suggested he uses the silver dressing, which he did. Three weeks later he reported a thin layer of normal skin covering most of the wound and part of the calcaneum and the fourth week showed a complete healing of the wound. Usually skin does not grow that fast on bone without soft tissue matrix. I suggested that ionized silver may have possibly stimulated baseline primordial cells mainly from blood differentiating later into specific local tissue due to extra cellular environmental stimuli. I asked him if he had a means to test this hypothesis. He performed a cell culture of lymphocytes drawn from my own blood. The diagram showed an accelerated growth of young cells as compared to a normal trend of growth. Unfortunately, he was nominated at Wbleepedto some post that prevented further investigation on the subject. At the request of the 50 yrs old man with the healed open fracture wound of the tibia, he wishes to do without a bone graft. I am willing to use for him the silver iontophoresis. I believe the DC (meaning ≤ 1 volt, 0.1æA at the skin) may not be a problem, but the values for parameters such as the surface of the electrodes, the distance between them and in reference to the lesion, the conducting gel to use on the skin under the electrodes, duration and frequency of the iontophoresis sessions, should be considered for the end results. I shall appreciate your comment and recommendations on the subject and whatever you deem it necessary to learn, a propos, and hope to read you soon. judith – tijuana April 21, 2009 - 14:39 Subject: preguntar si con la plata coloidal puedo restableser el desgaste de articulaciones ya que esta la conoci porque tenia un s. aerus en mi oido izquierdo por 5 años Carol March 17, 2009 - 20:16 Subject: Petitions... I've read both of Dr. Becker's books and am among those wbleepedhave become deathly ill from these incessant exposures to electromagnetic and microwave radiation. I have been especially ill since the cell phone tower and wi-fi booms - the 90's were hell for me, and it has only gotten worse in more recent years. Please sign these petitions if you or a loved one is ill from this radiation... Urge Congress on EMF Safety: www.thepetitionsite.com Petition to Halt Universal Wireless Broadband, A Public Health Hazard: wavr.org In the US, check for towers and antennas here: www.antennasearch.com Reply to Carol Larry McGee – Louisiana March 27, 2009 - 10:48 Subject: Re: Petitions... Can I please understand how close in feet of contacting with the cell phone tower & wi-fi booms? Michelle – NC March 16, 2009 - 09:52 Subject: What to buy? I have been looking online to purchase the Colloidal Silver but there are so many different does amounts and I am not sure which one to purchase to treat simple things like, ear infections and sinus issues. Please advise me what I am looking for to purchase the right amount and how much to use and maybe even a good website to go to for purchase. Thank you, Michelle NC Stephanie Smith – Austria February 28, 2009 - 05:57 Subject: Question for Robert Becker Hi, I have some very specific questions for Dr. Becker regarding energy fields, various frequencies, and healing. I have read both his books and I have some questions that also pertain to some specific statements in his books in regards to frequencies and their effects on the human body systems. I am considering doing a graduate program in this field and have worked with a specific product that utilizes electricity and water for healing that seems to be functioning differently in different parts of the world and there is no real explanation for this phenomenon. Perhaps Dr. Becker may have an idea? I have not been able to find his contact information and it would be very helpful to be able to speak with him personally as he the kind of expert I am seeking. I would really appreciate any kind of way to reach him to discuss with him some of my ideas and questions. Thank you so much for your time, Stephanie Smith Leave a Comment * Your name * Your email address (will not be published) Your website Your location Remember me ? Subscribe: No All comments ? Replies to my comment ? ? Subject: Enter the two words Enter the numbers you hear Incorrect please try again Powered by TalkBack 1

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