The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently
pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in …

Though the history of mankind, we are strongly fighting with infected diseases that are
induced by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens. Although a variety of medicines …

Polymers, ceramics and metals have historically dominated the application of materials in
medicine. Yet rationally designed materials that exploit specific, directional, tunable and …

Synthetic polymers are omnipresent in society as textiles and packaging materials, in
construction and medicine, among many other important applications. Alternatively, natural …

The recent outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens have
sounded a piercing alarm for the need of new effective antimicrobial agents to guard public …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have increased at an alarming rate over recent decades
and cause serious problems. The emergence of resistant infections caused by these …

Currently, infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria have reached critical levels.
Thus, various approaches are being explored for the development of new and effective …

Aliphatic polycarbonates have drawn attention as biodegradable polymers that can be
applied to a broad range of resorbable medical devices. In particular, poly (trimethylene …

The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Treatment with conventional antibiotics often leads …

Drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria is a major global problem leading humanity towards
a pre-antibiotic era. Decline in the discovery of novel antibiotics and the lack of a resilient …