Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is arguably the worst health crisis the world has faced in the 21st century, and the World Health Organization declared this a “public health emergency of international concern” during the beginning of the pandemic and continued for a significant period of time. Considering the public health risk and the delay in introducing a suitable medical intervention to eradicate this virus, many reserachers embarked on different technologies to develop a cure. Nanotechnology has emerged as a promising weapon in the fight against COVID-19 and other similar viral diseases. The unique qualities of nanomaterials make them excellent for a variety of applications, including the development of low-cost, real-time diagnostic systems, reusable personal protective equipment, and innovative carriers for biological cargo such as mRNA in vaccines and CRISPR/Cas9 in gene editing. In this review the current available pharmacological and non-pharmacological options that are being used around the world against COVID-19 are compared with their nanotechnological counterparts. Here, we also elaborate the advantages of currently available nanotechnology-based diagnostics, protective equipment, vaccines and therapeutics and discuss future directions and steps that should be taken to translate these technologies into a clinical setting to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 28(1), 25-41
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
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APA 7
de Silvaa, R. M. D. S. R. M., Hulugalla, K., Ranasinghe, P. R. P., Williams, G. R., & Silva, K. (2023). Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 28(1), 25-41. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41
MLA 9
de Silvaa, Rohini M. de Silvaa Rohini M., et al. "Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 28, no. 1, 2023, pp. 25-41. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41.
Chicago (author–date)
de Silvaa, Rohini M. de Silvaa Rohini M., Kenneth Hulugalla, Panchali Ranasinghe Panchali Ranasinghe, Gareth R. Williams, and Ketle Silva. 2023. "Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science 28 (1): 25-41. https://doi.org/10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41.
Harvard
de Silvaa, R. M. D. S. R. M., Hulugalla, K., Ranasinghe, P. R. P., Williams, G. R. and Silva, K. (2023) 'Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, 28(1), pp. 25-41. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41.
Vancouver
de Silvaa RMDSRM, Hulugalla K, Ranasinghe PRP, Williams GR, Silva K. Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19. Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science. 2023;28(1):25-41. doi:10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41
IEEE
R. M. D. S. R. M. de Silvaa, K. Hulugalla, P. R. P. Ranasinghe, G. R. Williams, and K. Silva, "Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19," Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 25-41, 2023, doi: 10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41.