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Zwitterionic Peptide Fusion Proteins for Therapeutic and Protective Applications
De novo design of peptide-based materials has become a common approach to introduce desirable properties into protein therapeutics. However, limited peptide-based technologies are capable of increasing the circulation time ... -
Zwitterionic Poly(carboxybetaine) Materials for Blood-Contacting Medical Devices and Nanoparticles
Nonspecific protein adsorption in complex media is a crucial issue for biological applications. It degrades the performance of surface-based implanted devices and causes nanoparticles to be recognized by the immune system ... -
Zwitterionic Polymer-based Platforms for Biotherapeutics and Implants
Novel biotherapeutics and advanced implantable devices have greatly improved the quality of life for many patients. Biotherapeutics offer great advantages of high specificity towards difficult diseases, yet biotherapeutics ... -
Zwitterionic Polymers and Their Derivatives as Drug and Gene Delivery Carriers and Implantable Materials
(2012-09-13)This dissertation mainly focuses on the development of zwitterionic-based materials and their biomedical applications, particularly, multifunctional zwitterionic-based nanoparticles (NPs) for targeted imaging and drug ...