Crosslinking of proteins has gained immense significance in the fabrication of biomaterials
for various health care applications. Various novel chemical-based strategies are being …

Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

Over the last few decades many attempts have been made to use biocatalysts for the
biotransformation of emerging contaminants in environmental matrices. Laccase, a …

The water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-ethyl-3-(3-(dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) is
widely used in protein chemistry. We used EDC-induced gelatin cross-linking as a model for …

Blood transfusions, which usually consist in the administration of isolated red blood cells
(RBCs), are crucial in traumatic injuries, pre-surgical conditions and anemias. Although …

Cancerous cells have a rapid metabolism by which they take up sugars, such as glucose, at
significantly higher rates than normal cells. Celastrol is a traditional herbal medicine known …

Proper choice and design of nanocarriers is imperative to achieve the desired therapeutic
benefits. Herein, we report a facile methodology for preparation of chemically cross-linked …

For years, silk fibroin of a domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been recognized as a
valuable material and extensively used. In the last decades, new application fields are …

Ribonucleases (RNases) are a large number of enzymes gathered into different bacterial or
eukaryotic superfamilies. Bovine pancreatic RNase A, bovine seminal BS-RNase, human …

Silkfibroin (SF) has an excellent biocompatibility and its remarkable structure translates into
exciting mechanical properties rendering this biomaterial particularly fascinating for …