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Nanocages for virus inhibition

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Elaborately designed DNA icosahedral shells cage intact virions to effectively protect host cells from viral infections.

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Fig. 1: Design principles and applications of DNA icosahedral shells.

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  1. Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Neha Chauhan & Xing Wang

  2. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Neha Chauhan & Xing Wang

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Neha Chauhan & Xing Wang

  4. Centre for Pathogen Diagnostics, DREMES at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Zhejiang University-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute, Urbana, IL, USA

    Neha Chauhan & Xing Wang

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Chauhan, N., Wang, X. Nanocages for virus inhibition. Nat. Mater. 20, 1176–1177 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01088-y

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