Valeria Cagno

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Broad-spectrum non-toxic antiviral nanoparticles with a virucidal inhibition mechanism

Francesco Stellacci, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Ahmet Bekdemir, Valeria Cagno, Emma-Rose Janecek, Samuel Thomas Jones, Marie Mueller

Viral infections kill millions yearly. Available antiviral drugs are virus-specific and active against a limited panel of human pathogens. There are broad-spectrum substances that prevent the first step of virus–cell interaction by mimicking heparan sulfat ...

2018

Virucidal metallic nanoparticles and uses thereof

Francesco Stellacci, Valeria Cagno

The invention relates to virucidal metallic nanoparticles, virucidal compositions comprising thereof and uses thereof in treatment and/or prevention of viral infections, for sterilizations and for disinfections. ...

2018

Additives for vaccine storage to improve thermal stability of adenoviruses from hours to months

Francesco Stellacci, Paulo Henrique Jacob Silva, Valeria Cagno, Randy Patrick Carney

Up to 80% of the cost of vaccination programmes is due to the cold chain problem (that is, keeping vaccines cold). Inexpensive, biocompatible additives to slow down the degradation of virus particles would address the problem. Here we propose and character ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

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