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 …

Vehicles derived from genetically engineered protein polymers have gained momentum in
the field of biomedical engineering due to their unique designability, remarkable …

Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are thermally responsive biopolymers derived from natural
elastin. These peptides have a low critical solution temperature phase behavior and can be …

Genetic code expansion is a promising genetic engineering technology that incorporates
noncanonical amino acids into proteins alongside the natural set of 20 amino acids. This …

Across scales, many biological phenomena, such as protein folding or bioadhesion and
cohesion, rely on synergistic effects of different amino acid side chains at multiple positions …

Orthogonal translation is an efficient tool that provides many valuable spectral probes
capable of covering different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and thus enabling …

Structural proteins like silk, squid ring teeth, elastin, collagen, or resilin, among others, are
inspiring the development of new sustainable biopolymeric materials for applications …

The rational design of light-responsive proteins and protein-based polymers requires both a
photoswitch with suitable light-responsive properties and the ability to incorporate it at …

The incorporation of unnatural amino acids (uAAs) into protein‐based polymers has
emerged as a powerful methodology to expand their chemical repertoire. Recently, we …

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become a key global health issue. Serum
carotenoids are associated with CVD, while their effects on different diseases remain …