Mimicking biological functionality with polymers for biomedical applications

Jordan J. Green and Jennifer H. Elisseeff ()
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Jordan J. Green: Translational Tissue Engineering Center, and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jennifer H. Elisseeff: Translational Tissue Engineering Center, and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7633, 386-394

Abstract: Abstract The vast opportunities for biomaterials design and functionality enabled by mimicking nature continue to stretch the limits of imagination. As both biological understanding and engineering capabilities develop, more sophisticated biomedical materials can be synthesized that have multifaceted chemical, biological and physical characteristics designed to achieve specific therapeutic goals. Mimicry is being used in the design of polymers for biomedical applications that are required locally in tissues, systemically throughout the body, and at the interface with tissues.

Date: 2016
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