Peptide-based hydrogels have been proven to be preeminent biomedical materials due to
their high water content, tunable mechanical stability, great biocompatibility and excellent …

The immune system plays a critical role in our health. No other component of human
physiology plays a decisive role in as diverse an array of maladies, from deadly diseases …

Tissue repair/regeneration, after implantation or injury, involves comprehensive
physiological processes wherein immune responses play a crucial role to enable tissue …

Vaccines aim to protect against or treat diseases through manipulation of the immune
response, promoting either immunity or tolerance. In the former case, vaccines generate …

Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) have broad applications in industry and nanomedicine.
When NPs enter the body, interactions with the immune system are unavoidable. The innate …

Cancer immunotherapy has achieved tremendous successful clinical results and obtained
historic victories in tumor treatments. However, great limitations associated with feeble …

Despite the immense public health successes of immunization over the past century,
effective vaccines are still lacking for globally important pathogens such as human …

Particulate vaccines are emerging promising technologies for the creation of tunable
prophylactics against a wide variety of conditions. Vesicular and solid biodegradable …

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the primary antigen-presenting cells and play key roles in the
orchestration of the innate and adaptive immune system. Targeting DCs by nanotechnology …

Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) agonists have had a long journey in the field of cancer
immunotherapy. Nevertheless, despite the remarkable number of the TLR4 ligands that …