by Katherine Gombay, McGill University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHydrogels are engineered materials that absorb and retain water and are currently used in various medical treatments, including dressing wounds. The problem with current hydrogels is that they adhere indiscriminately to all surfaces, which means that wound dressing can potentially damage delicate tissue as it is healing. McGill...
Peer-Reviewed Publication ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT OF CYCLIC ORAL PEPTIDES. CREDIT: CHRISTIAN HEINIS/EPFL For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat surfaces or require specificity for particular protein homologs. Typically,...
