NOVEL COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING VIRUS ENTRY AND PROMOTING VIROLYISIS, AND METHODS THEREOF

摘要

The present invention includes a composition comprising a gold nanoparticle compiexed with a cysteine-containing compound. The invention also includes the method of preparing a composition comprising a gold nanoparticle compiexed with a cysteine-containing compound. The invention ftirther includes a method of causing virolysis of a virus using the compositions described therein. The invention ftirther includes a method of inhibiting vims entry using the compositions described therein.