Introduction Arsenicals have a special place in the history of human health, acting both as
poison and medicine. Having been used to treat a variety of diseases in the past, the …

The membrane lipid compositions of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are inherently different
in many aspects, although some similarities exist in their structure and composition …

Antimicrobial peptide mimics have been used to kill bacteria and construct antibacterial
materials. Precise design and construction of chemical structure are essential for easy …

As typical examples of pathological biomineralization, urinary stones and stent encrustation
have been associated with bacteria, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this …

Different from conventional synthetic polymers, polypeptides exhibit a distinguishing
characteristic of adopting specific secondary structures, including random coils, α-helixes …

The infections associated with implantable medical devices can greatly affect the therapeutic
effect and impose a heavy financial burden. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop …

Catheter-related infections are some of the most common acquired infections in hospitals,
and designing functional coatings on the surface of medical catheters to limit bacterial …

Despite the advances of multistep enzymatic cascade reactions, their incorporation with
abiotic reactions in living organisms remains challenging in synthetic biology. Herein, we …

Polypeptoids with well-designed structures have the ability to self-assemble into
nanomaterials, which have wide potential applications. In this study, a series of diblock …