Snail slime central to sustainable strategy for making wound-healing gold nanoparticles

Amazing stuff! Sounds like modern alchemy to me! Would you put this on your skin for treatment?

"Gold nanoparticles made by combining snail slime with colloidal gold can promote wound healing, new research shows. The synthetic strategy avoids the harsh conditions typically associated with making gold nanoparticles by using the snail secretions as reducing agents. ..."

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