pursuing ideas to deliver drugs, therapeutic proteins, and mRNAs by exploiting nanodevices for pulmonary delivery.38,39
Moreover, the rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has exposed one of the main weaknesses in the current medical landscape: the lack of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs. At present, there are only a handful of approved antivirals, and they are mostly virus-specific. Hence, when a new virus emerges, little can be done pharmacologically to slow down its spread. Some research efforts have been focused on the d