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Daggett and Bryers labs develop smart gauze to combat antibiotic-resistant wound infections
The Bryers and Daggett labs used computational design to create synthetic peptides that reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance.
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June 2024 eNews
Ayokunle Olanrewaju receives prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award This [...]
March 2024 eNews
Nancy Allbritton elected to the National Academy of Engineering [...]
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A ribonucleoprotein octamer for targeted siRNA delivery
Professor Xiaohu Gao and colleagues have created a new way to target prostate tumors that overcomes past challenges of designing effective drug delivery methods. This versatile nanocarrier design should offer opportunities for the clinical translation of therapies based on intracellularly acting biologics.
Designed a-sheet peptides suppress amyloid formation in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
The researchers have designed small proteins that can inhibit the formation of biofilms, common sources of infection for hundreds of patients worldwide, especially with those who have implanted medical devices. Their designed anti-a-sheet peptides suppressed the formation of biofilm in S. aureus, a bacteria resistant to many drugs, by about half, and prevented aggregation of infectious proteins through their binding mechanism.
Micro- and nano-patterned conductive graphene–PEG hybrid scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering
Dr. Kim and colleagues demonstrate a method for producing cardiac tissue scaffolds with anisotropic electroconductive properties using PEG-graphene substrates.
