Zentek Announces Successful Aptamer Testing for Longevity of Protection and Minimum Effective Dose - Seite 2

Based on these promising results, the next step will be to evaluate the aptamer's ability to protect against infection with the Omicron variant.

Dr. Mathew Miller commented: "Understanding how long aptamers can provide protection and the concentration required to be effective are both important requirements to demonstrate the therapeutic and prophylactic potential of aptamers for infectious diseases. Based on the results achieved to date, the aptamer platform developed at the Li Lab has successfully neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 virus at a dose and duration that shows strong therapeutic and prophylactic potential and that suggests the aptamer platform could be an alternative to monoclonal antibodies. This is significant as aptamer-based therapeutics can be developed much more quickly than monoclonal antibodies. A development platform with these attributes could allow for faster and more effective treatment of numerous infectious diseases. Importantly, it could allow governments and healthcare systems to respond much more quickly to new infectious threats to society, which is crucial for global pandemic preparedness efforts."

The Company is not making any express or implied claims that its aptamer technology has the ability to eliminate, cure or contain the Covid-19 (or SARS-2 Coronavirus) at this time.

About Zentek Ltd.

Zentek is an ISO 13485:2016 certified intellectual property technology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel products seeking to give the company's commercial partners a competitive advantage by making their products better, safer, and greener.

Zentek's patented technology platform ZenGUARD, is shown to have 99-per-cent anti-microbial activity and to significantly increase the bacterial and viral filtration efficiency of both surgical masks and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems. Zentek's ZenGUARD production facility is located in Guelph, Ontario.

Zentek has a global exclusive license to the Aptamer-based platform technology developed by McMaster University which is being jointly developed by Zentek and McMaster for both the diagnostic and therapeutic markets.

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