[
    {
        "id": "osp-13611",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Role of Nanotechnology in Diagnosing, Safeguarding, and Treating COVID-19",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "de Silvaa",
                "given": "Rohini M. de Silvaa Rohini M."
            },
            {
                "family": "Hulugalla",
                "given": "Kenneth"
            },
            {
                "family": "Ranasinghe",
                "given": "Panchali Ranasinghe Panchali"
            },
            {
                "family": "Williams",
                "given": "Gareth R."
            },
            {
                "family": "Silva",
                "given": "Ketle"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/role-of-nanotechnology-in-diagnosing-safeguarding-and-treating-covid-19",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2023
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science",
        "volume": "28",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "25-41",
        "DOI": "10.53539/squjs.vol28iss1pp25-41",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2308-3921",
        "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."
    }
]