Biosafety chemistry and biosafety materials: A new perspective to solve biosafety problems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.01.001
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly swept around the globe since its emergence in 2020. However, people have failed to fully understand its origin or mutation. Defined as an international biosafety incident, COVID-19 has caused worldwide attention on the importance of biosafety due to the adverse impact on personal well-being and social stability. Most countries have already taken measures to advocate progress in biosafety-relevant research, aiming to prevent and solve biosafety problems with more advanced techniques and products.
The authors of this paper propose a new concept of biosafety chemistry and reiterate the notion of biosafety materials, which refer to the interdisciplinary integration of biosafety and chemistry or materials. The authors illustrate the interactions between chemistry and materials science with biosafety -science, and provide a pragmatic perspective on approaches to utilize the knowledge of these two subjects to handle specific biosafety issues, such as detection and disinfection of pathogenic microorganisms, personal protective equipment, vaccine adjuvants and specific drugs, etc.
Keywords: Biosafety; Chemistry; Material science; Biosafety chemistry; Biosafety materials
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CiteScore: 5.5
ISSN 2590-0536
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Article reference: Yingjie Yu, Jianxun Ding, Yunhao Zhou, Haihua Xiao, Guizhen Wu, Biosafety chemistry and biosafety materials: A new perspective to solve biosafety problems, Biosafety and Health,
Volume 4, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 15-22, ISSN 2590-0536, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.01.001.