Instability of Nucleic Acids in Airborne Microorganisms under Far Infrared Radiation — Oak Academic Publishing
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Instability of Nucleic Acids in Airborne Microorganisms under Far Infrared Radiation
Office of Environmental Protection and office of Radiation Protection, Peking University, Beijing, China
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LEXIHY (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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LEXIHY (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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Reproductive Medicine Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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CEN New Material Co., Ltd., Ningbo, China
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Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
1 Office of Environmental Protection and office of Radiation Protection, Peking University, Beijing, China
2 LEXIHY (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
3 LEXIHY (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
4 Reproductive Medicine Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
5 CEN New Material Co., Ltd., Ningbo, China
6 Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
7 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Emergence of zoonotic-human pathogens is proven to be a lethal threat to public health, and RNA virus including influenza viruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and COVID-19, plays a pivotal role. As those viruses as airborne microorganisms spread mainly by tiny airborne particles, it is important to de-active those airborne particles before their entry into human bodies. In this study, we investigated the effect of far infrared (FIR) radiation on inhibition of airborne microorganisms. The result confirmed that double stand DNA from airborne microorganisms containing RNA viruses was stable under mild FIR radiation. However, single strand RNA from them was found to be sensitive to FIR radiation, indicating that RNA virus in airborne particles is instable under FIR radiation. Based on this observation, two models on usage of FIR radiation to prevent RNA virus transmission by air and cure RNA virus infection were proposed. Then, this study suggests that FIR radiation has the potential to be a cheap, convenient, and efficient method in clinic to treat RNA virus.
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