Directed evolution aims to expedite the natural evolution process of biological molecules
and systems in a test tube through iterative rounds of gene diversifications and library …

Short peptides are ubiquitous in nature. They are found as hormones, pheromones,
antibacterial and antifungal agents in innate immunity systems, toxins, and pesticides. But …

Innovative methods for engineering cancer cell membranes promise to manipulate cell–cell
interactions and boost cell-based cancer therapeutics. Here, we illustrate an in situ …

Peptide‐based materials are one of the most important biomaterials, with diverse structures
and functionalities. Over the past few decades, a self‐assembly strategy is introduced to …

Several combinatorial methods have been developed to create focused or diverse chemical
libraries with a wide range of linear or macrocyclic chemical molecules: peptides, non …

Combinatorial phage library is a powerful research tool for high-throughput screening of
protein interactions. Of all available molecular display techniques, phage display has proven …

This review provides an overview of recent developments in “chemical virology.” Viruses, as
materials, provide unique nanoscale scaffolds that have relevance in chemical biology and …

Selective receptor-targeting peptide based agents have attracted considerable attention in
molecular imaging of tumor cells that overexpress corresponding peptide receptors due to …

Background: Cancer has become a major disease endangering human health around the
world. Conventional chemotherapy suffers from many side effects including pain …

Natural living materials serving as biotherapeutics exhibit great potential for treating various
diseases owing to their immunoactivity, tissue targeting, and other biological activities. In this …