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ReviewNanomedicine (London, England)2021

Nanoscale pathogens treated with nanomaterial-like peptides: a platform technology appropriate for future pandemics.

Alaa F Nahhas, Alrayan F Nahhas, Thomas J Webster

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Review in Nanomedicine (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alaa F NahhasBiochemistry Department, College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, KSA.ORCID 0000-0001-6237-7557
Alrayan F NahhasBiochemistry Department, College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, KSA.
Thomas J WebsterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2028-5969

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infections are historically very difficult to treat. Although imperfect and time-consuming to develop, we do have some conventional vaccine and therapeutic approaches to stop viral spreading. Most importantly, all of this takes significant time while viruses continue to wreak havoc on our healthcare system. Furthermore, viral infections are accompanied by a weakened immune system which is often overlooked in antiviral drug strategies and requires additional drug development. In this review, for the first time, we touch on some promising alternative approaches to treat viral infections, specifically those focused on the use of platform nanomaterials with antiviral peptides. In doing so, this review presents a timely discussion of how we need to change our old way of treating viruses into one that can quickly meet the demands of COVID-19, as well as future pandemic-causing viruses, which will come.

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COVID-19NanostructuresAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansNanotechnologyPandemicsPeptidesAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesPeptidesantiviral peptidesCOVID-19nanomaterialsnanoparticlesnanotechnology

Identifiers

PMID33988037
PMCPMC8120868

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