An international publication qualifies as pioneer the research work of UJI Professor Juan Andrés where the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 is demonstrated for the first time



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## An international publication qualifies as pioneer the research work of UJI Professor Juan Andrés where the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 is demonstrated for the first time

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An article recently published by Japanese researchers in the international journal *Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications* cites the finding made by the Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, directed by Professor Juan Andrés of the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, together with researchers from the Centre for the Development of Functional Materials (CDMF), based at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), in partnership with the technology-based company Nanox Tecnologia and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (ICB-USP), as a pioneer research work, having demonstrated the effectiveness of silver and silica nanoparticles in the inactivation of SARS-CoV- 2.

The work cited in the Japanese study had been published in June at the bioRxiv international pre-press platform and presented evidence that materials impregnated with silver nanoparticles destroyed SARS-CoV-2 on contact, with an effectiveness of 99.9%.  
  
**Article**

Ag nanoparticles-based antimicrobial polycotton fabrics to prevent the transmission and spread of SARS-CoV-2. Guilherme C. Tremiliosi, Luiz Gustavo P. Simoes, Daniel T. Minozzi, Renato I. Santos, Daiane C. B. Vilela, Edison Luiz Durigon, Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado, Douglas Sales Medina, Lara Kelly Ribeiro, Ieda Lucia Viana Rosa, Marcelo Assis, Juan Andrés, Elson Longo, Lucio H. Freitas-Junior

DOI: <https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.26.152520>

<https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.26.152520v1.full>

An international publication qualifies as pioneer the research work of UJI Professor Juan Andrés where the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 is demonstrated for the first time

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