The team at the University of Kentucky is hoping to create a membrane mask that would 'capture and deactivate' SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working on developing a face mask that could kill the coronavirus on contact.
Bhattacharyya has now secured a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the masks, according to the university. Bhattacharyya, who will serve as the principal investigator on the research team, said it would take around six months to create the finished and tested membrane mask.Bhattacharyya explained that the masks will feature enzymes that will attach to the protein spikes on the coronavirus and separate them, thus killing the virus.
He also said that by capturing coronavirus on their surface, the masks would reduce the number of virus particles in the air that could infect others in the vicinity. Dibakar Bhattacharyya in the lab with a large sheet of membrane, which may go into his COVID-19 face mask project"This innovation would further slow and even prevent the virus from spreading. It would also have future applications to protect against a number of human pathogenic viruses."
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