Thread by @raphavisses, Post-publication peer review of nanoparticle-related #COVID19 articles & preprints, a thread for [...]

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Post-publication peer review of nanoparticle-related #COVID19 articles & preprints, a thread for the coming weeks... 1/n

Let& #39;s start with @Science_Open #preprint by Oron Zachar who argues that we should inhale plenty of silver nanoparticles
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPHBJEO.v1
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Formulations for COVID-19 Early Stage Treatment via Silver Nanoparticles Inhalation Delivery at...

Objectives : For suppressing both viral and bacterial respiratory infections, we investigate the possibility of obtaining real effective minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of silver nanoparticles...

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPHBJEO.v1

DON& #39;T TRY THIS AT HOME.
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(or anywhere else for that matter)

Before that, the last article published by the sole author, Oron Zachar, was an erratum to a 2004 article. Oron has zero peer reviewed papers on nanoparticles or virus or anything to do with medical matters.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0700-498X
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He has no current academic affiliation and the company he mentions as his affiliation (in Israel) does not seem to have much of an existence.
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He has however been directors of other companies and has a few recent patent applications related to "tracheal ventilation tubes"
https://patents.justia.com/inventor/oron-zachar
6/n">https://patents.justia.com/inventor/...

In this thread, I& #39;ll be looking at "scientific articles" in a broad sense. That includes peer reviewed papers in traditional journals and #preprint as the above.
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