TAR UC researchers commercialise antibacterial agent

Successful study: Prof Loke (left) and Poh’s research on colloidal silver’s antibacterial properties has paid off, strengthening collaborations with the industry.

TUNKU Abdul Rahman University College’s (TAR UC) research efforts have successfully commercialised colloidal silver, an antibacterial agent which can be used as a natural antibiotic and healing agent.

Led by TAR UC Faculty of Applied Sciences dean Assoc Prof Dr Loke Chui Fung, with assistance from Faculty of Computing and Information Technology senior lecturer Dr Poh Tze Ven, the in-depth study, which began in 2011, has found scientific evidence to prove the efficacy and effectiveness of colloidal silver as a “natural antibiotic” for killing various bacterial species.