Nanostructured particles assembled from natural building blocks for advanced therapies

Y Ju, H Liao, JJ Richardson, J Guo… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced treatments based on immune system manipulation, gene transcription and
regulation, specific organ and cell targeting, and/or photon energy conversion have …

Versatile surface modification using polydopamine and related polycatecholamines: chemistry, structure, and applications

TG Barclay, HM Hegab, SR Clarke… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polydopamine and related polycatecholamines can be easily deposited onto almost any
surface from mild, aqueous solution. This results in durable, nanoscale coatings that exhibit …

Polydopamine and eumelanin molecular structures investigated with ab initio calculations

CT Chen, FJ Martin-Martinez, GS Jung… - Chemical science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A set of computational methods that contains a brute-force algorithmic generation of
chemical isomers, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and density functional theory …

Red blood cells in biology and translational medicine: natural vehicle inspires new biomedical applications

X Zhang, Y Lin, J **n, Y Zhang, K Yang, Y Luo… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cell type in the blood, and play a critical role
in oxygen transport. With the development of nanobiotechnology and synthetic biology …

One‐step assembly of a biomimetic biopolymer coating for particle surface engineering

R Liu, J Zhao, Q Han, X Hu, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in material design and applications are highly dependent on the development of
particle surface engineering strategies. However, few universal methods can functionalize …

Single‐cell nanoencapsulation: From passive to active shells

W Youn, JY Kim, J Park, N Kim, H Choi… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell nanoencapsulation is an emerging field in cell‐surface engineering,
emphasizing the protection of living cells against external harmful stresses in vitro and in …

Improving normothermic machine perfusion and blood transfusion through biocompatible blood silicification

C Lei, Z Li, S Ma, Q Zhang, J Guo, Q Ouyang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The growing world population and increasing life expectancy are driving the need to
improve the quality of blood transfusion, organ transplantation, and preservation. Here, to …

Dopamine polymerization-mediated surface functionalization toward advanced bacterial therapeutics

L Wang, J Liu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bacteria-based therapy has spotlighted an unprecedented potential in treating
a range of diseases, given that bacteria can be used as both drug vehicles and therapeutic …

Strategic advances in formation of cell‐in‐shell structures: From syntheses to applications

BJ Kim, H Cho, JH Park, JF Mano… - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell nanoencapsulation, forming cell‐in‐shell structures, provides chemical tools for
endowing living cells, in a programmed fashion, with exogenous properties that are neither …

Cell-in-shell hybrids: chemical nanoencapsulation of individual cells

JH Park, D Hong, J Lee, IS Choi - Accounts of chemical research, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nature has developed a fascinating strategy of cryptobiosis (“secret life”) for
counteracting the stressful, and often lethal, environmental conditions that fluctuate …