Letter: Gold therapy in 1975.

Gold nanoparticles in radiation therapy: an old story yet mesmerizing

Radiotherapy (RT) is generally considered to be one of the most effective cancer treatments. The primary goal of RT is to accurately induce radiation damage to the tumor while limiting radiation toxicity to a level acceptable to normal tissue. This is accomplished by targeting the tumor with radiation. On the other hand, the status of RT procedures as they stand today is not substantial enough ...

Haemophilia A home therapy in the United Kingdom 1975-6.

Data on home treatment for patients with haemophilia A (factor VIII deficient haemophilia) were compiled for 1975 and 1976 from questionnaires answered by directors of haemophilia centres throughout the United Kingdom. There were 48 haemophilia centres in 1975 and 71 in 1976. The number of patients on or in training for home treatment increased from 267 to 488 in the two years, and a further 24...

Gold Therapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

[Gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis].

During the period 1971-1979, 114 patients with rheumatoid arthritis attending the arthritis clinics at Groote Schuur Hospital and Princess Alice Orthopaedic Hospital were treated with gold sodium aurothiomalate (Myocrisin). Data obtained from 104 completed protocols showed that 70 patients (67,3%) benefited from chrysotherapy. Forty of these patients went into complete remission. Therapy was di...

Uptake of gold by collagen in gold therapy.

Gold in the form of thio-complexes has been successfully used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis for nearly 40 years (Lande, 1927; Pick, 1927), but the mode of action of gold compounds on the diseased connective tissue has yet to be elucidated. In our experiments we have tried to demonstrate the direct binding of gold by collagen because it may be assumed that this type of reaction is sim...