Gold nanotech patents are skyrocketing

For these reasons, the number of nano gold-related patents has skyrocketed over the past decade. Back in 2005, the excitement around nanotech patents led some analysts to call the activity a “gold rush,” but when it comes specifically to nano gold, the rush is now:

Discussing the role of nano gold in targeting prostate cancer via radiation treatment, Professor of Radiation Oncology at Newcastle University in Australia, Jim Denham, said the following:

“To me it’s one of the best things that’s happened in my medical practice. It’s rare to see something that works so dramatically.”

“We didn’t realise it was going to produce such a massive reduction in side effects.’’

And on the role of gold nanoparticles in cleaning a range of chlorinated compounds out of groundwater, including carcinogens, Professor Michael Wong of Rice University said the following:

‘We didn’t believe it at first, because the gold-palladium nanoparticles were just so much more efficient – a hundred times more efficient.”

Read more about gold nanotechnology here, in the World Gold Council’s feature ‘Gold continues to drive the nanotechnology revolution.’