'Nanotraps' hold potential to fight Covid-19 | The Engineer The Engineer

29th April 2021
7:30 am
29th April 2021
8:29 am
Researchers at the University of Chicago are exploring a potential treatment for Covid-19 using nanoparticles to destroy the virus.
The nanoparticles capture the virus within the body, acting as ‘Nanotraps’ which attract the virus by mimicking its usual target cells. The virus binds to the Nanotraps, which then sequester the virus from other cells and target it for destruction by the immune system.
Researchers believe it could be administered in nasal spray format as a future method of inhibiting the virus. Results from early testing stages have been positive, the team reported in its findings published in the journal

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