Antiviral nanoagents: More attention and effort needed?

Yongjiu Chen; Juan Ma; Ming Xu; Sijin Liu

doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100976

Antiviral nanoagents: More attention and effort needed?

Nano Today. 2020 Dec:35:100976. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100976. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

Authors

Yongjiu Chen^{1

2}, Juan Ma^{1

2}, Ming Xu^{1

3

2}, Sijin Liu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
³ School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China.

Abstract

The recent COVID-19 outbreak has increasingly engaged researchers in the search for effective antiviral drugs as well as therapeutic treatment options. The shortcomings of existing antiviral agents such as narrow spectrum and low bioavailability, can be overcome through the use of engineered nanomaterials, which, therefore, are considered as a significant next-generation therapeutic option. Thus, the development of novel antiviral nanoagents will certainly help address several future challenges and knowledge gaps.

Keywords: Antivirus; Engineered nanomaterials; Mechanism; Nanoagents; Therapeutics.