Intranasal mask for protecting the respiratory tract against viral aerosols

Abstract The spread of many infectious diseases relies on aerosol transmission to the respiratory tract. Here we design an intranasal mask comprising a positively-charged thermosensitive hydrogel and cell-derived micro-sized vesicles with a specific viral receptor. We show that the positively charge...

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Main Authors: Xiaoming Hu, Shuang Wang, Shaotong Fu, Meng Qin, Chengliang Lyu, Zhaowen Ding, Yan Wang, Yishu Wang, Dongshu Wang, Li Zhu, Tao Jiang, Jing Sun, Hui Ding, Jie Wu, Lingqian Chang, Yimin Cui, Xiaocong Pang, Youchun Wang, Weijin Huang, Peidong Yang, Limin Wang, Guanghui Ma, Wei Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44134-w