Formulation of a composite nasal spray enabling enhanced surface coverage and prophylaxis of SARS-COV-2
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Abstract
Airborne pathogens pose high risks in terms of both contraction and transmission within the respiratory pathways, in particular the nasal region. Although knowledge of airborne transmission has long been known, there is little in the way of adequate intervention that can protect the individual, or even prevent further spread. This study focuses on a nasal applicant with the capacity to combat such issues, by focussing on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Formulation of a spray containing polysaccharides known for their mucoadhesive properties was undertaken and characterised for their mechanical, spray patterns and antiviral properties. The ability to engineer key behaviours such as yielding have been shown, through systematic understanding of a composite mixture containing two polymers: gellan and λcarrageenan. Furthermore, spray systems demonstrated highly potent antiviral capacities, resulting in complete inhibition of the virus when studied for both prophylaxis and prevention of spread. Finally, a mechanism has been proposed to explain such findings. Therefore, demonstrating the first fully preventative device, targeted to protect the lining of the upper respiratory pathways.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.11.18.388645: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Gellan gum (CG-LA) was purchased from CP Kelco; TrypLE Express 1x was purchased from Fisher Scientific; Black dye (Parker); Type 1 water (Milli-Q, Merck Millipore) Fisher Scientificsuggested: (Thermo Fisher Scientific, RRID:SCR_008452)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the …SciScore for 10.1101/2020.11.18.388645: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Gellan gum (CG-LA) was purchased from CP Kelco; TrypLE Express 1x was purchased from Fisher Scientific; Black dye (Parker); Type 1 water (Milli-Q, Merck Millipore) Fisher Scientificsuggested: (Thermo Fisher Scientific, RRID:SCR_008452)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We found bar graphs of continuous data. We recommend replacing bar graphs with more informative graphics, as many different datasets can lead to the same bar graph. The actual data may suggest different conclusions from the summary statistics. For more information, please see Weissgerber et al (2015).
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
- No funding statement was detected.
- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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