January Gold News 2018

Arsenal Football Club has become the first major sporting team in the world to form a business partnership with a cryptocurrency* company, signing a deal with American firm CashBet.

The club, recently named the sixth richest in the world by Deloitte, announced the partnership with the Californian company on Wednesday, ahead of their ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have begun tests using gold to fight cancer. Tests are currently being conducted on mice, with the primary focus to improve the rate that tumours shrink in the head and neck, especially in the mouth, nose or throat.

The precious metal is known to increase the intensity of radiation, so the hope is that it can be attached to tumours to make radiotherapy more effective. The microscopic amounts of gold are bound to a drug known to attach itself to tumours, which then in turn position it ready for the radiation blasts.

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