Future Science OA (Oct 2021)

The viral capsid as novel nanomaterials for drug delivery

  • Alaa AA Aljabali,
  • Sk Sarif Hassan,
  • Ritesh M Pabari,
  • Seyed H Shahcheraghi,
  • Vijay Mishra,
  • Nitin B Charbe,
  • Dinesh K Chellappan,
  • Harish Dureja,
  • Gaurav Gupta,
  • Abdulmajeed G Almutary,
  • Abdullah M Alnuqaydan,
  • Suresh K Verma,
  • Pritam K Panda,
  • Yogendra Kumar Mishra,
  • Ángel Serrano-Aroca,
  • Kamal Dua,
  • Vladimir N Uversky,
  • Elrashdy M Redwan,
  • Bojlul Bahar,
  • Amit Bhatia,
  • Poonam Negi,
  • Rohit Goyal,
  • Paul McCarron,
  • Hamid A Bakshi,
  • Murtaza M Tambuwala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0031
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 9

Abstract

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The purpose of this review is to highlight recent scientific developments and provide an overview of virus self-assembly and viral particle dynamics. Viruses are organized supramolecular structures with distinct yet related features and functions. Plant viruses are extensively used in biotechnology, and virus-like particulate matter is generated by genetic modification. Both provide a material-based means for selective distribution and delivery of drug molecules. Through surface engineering of their capsids, virus-derived nanomaterials facilitate various potential applications for selective drug delivery. Viruses have significant implications in chemotherapy, gene transfer, vaccine production, immunotherapy and molecular imaging.

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