Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38620592›Full record

ReviewEngineered regeneration2021

Nanoparticles as delivery vehicles for antiviral therapeutic drugs.

Alexander Maus, Lia Strait, Donghui Zhu

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Review in Engineered regeneration, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing 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

35 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.

Alexander MausDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, United States.
Lia StraitDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, United States.
Donghui ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic still escalating, many researchers are turning to nanotechnology as a method of treatment not only for this pandemic, but in preparation for the pandemics of the future. Given both a wide variety of biomaterials at their disposal and the recent rise of nanotechnology, scientists now have the means to release and distribute therapeutic drugs in a variety of ways. Such a variety permits medical professionals the ability to choose biomaterials and methods that would provide the best release and treatment methodologies for the viral ailment they are attempting to remedy. This integrative review discusses context of previous pandemics, viral pathogenesis, issues associated with the current state of antiviral delivery systems, numerous biomaterials used for this purpose, and further information regarding the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Indexed as

AntiviralCOVID-19Drug seliveryNanotechnology

Identifiers

PMID38620592
PMCPMC7988306

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