Could silver nano-particles control the 2019-nCoV virus?; An urgent glance to the past

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Department of Chemistry, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran

2 No.702, Navab st, Azadi st, Tehran, (P.O.BOX: 14195-371) Iran

Abstract

2019-nCoV, this tiny crowned virus, which was first spread from Wuhan, China, killed thousands of peoples in China, Italy, Iran, and Spain, in a very short period of time. Now, it reaches to most countries all around the world, and thus, it becomes one of the most important threats against all human race. The fact is, the outbreak of this virus showed us, how much our science about the new viruses is weak and insufficient. In the near future, we have to revolutionary increase our knowledge about viruses and controlling those species.
Due to the recent reports about the effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) (in vitro and in vivo) on corona virus family especially influenzas, in this study, we have made attempts to take a glance on the effect of AgNPs on the viruses, and ask ourselves "may nano particles inhibit the 2019-nCoV?"

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Could silver nano-particles control the 2019-nCoV virus?; An urgent glance to the past

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