The successful design of a hydrogel for tissue engineering requires a profound
understanding of its constituents' structural and molecular properties, as well as the proper …

Injectable nanocarriers and hydrogels have found widespread use in a variety of biomedical
applications such as local and sustained biotherapeutic cargo delivery, and as cell …

Proteins are fundamentally the most important macromolecules for biochemical, mechanical,
and structural functions in living organisms. Therefore, they provide us with diverse structural …

Research into the development of sustainable biomaterials is increasing in both interest and
global importance due to the increasing demand for materials with decreased environmental …

Designing proteins that fold and assemble over different length scales provides a way to
tailor the mechanical properties and biological performance of hydrogels. In this study, we …

Natural biopolymers have a rich history, with many uses across the fields of healthcare and
medicine, including formulations for wound dressings, surgical implants, tissue culture …

Resilin, a protein found in insect cuticles, is renowned for its outstanding elastomeric
properties. The authors' laboratory previously developed a recombinant protein, which …

Vocal folds are important to daily breathing, speech, and swallowing functions. Irreversible
changes to the vocal fold mucosa, such as scarring and atrophy, require regenerative …

3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a naturally occurring yet noncanonical amino acid,
endows protein polymers with diverse chemical reactivities and novel functionalities …

Vocal fold scar, characterized by alterations in the lamina propria extracellular matrix,
disrupts normal voice quality and function. Due to a lack of satisfactory clinical treatments …