Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

K Tepper, O Edwards, A Sunna, IT Paulsen… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
A major roadblock towards the realisation of a circular economy are the lack of high-value
products that can be generated from waste. Black soldier flies (BSF; Hermetia illucens) are …

Edible unclonable functions

JW Leem, MS Kim, SH Choi, SR Kim, SW Kim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Counterfeit medicines are a fundamental security problem. Counterfeiting medication poses
a tremendous threat to patient safety, public health, and the economy in developed and less …

Recent progress in silk-based biosensors

M Ru, AM Hai, L Wang, S Yan, Q Zhang - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The applications of biosensors, in both medical and non-medical fields, have expanded
enormously over the last few years. For conventional sensing applications, petrochemical …

A NIR-I light-responsive superoxide radical generator with cancer cell membrane targeting ability for enhanced imaging-guided photodynamic therapy

Y Bu, T Xu, X Zhu, J Zhang, L Wang, Z Yu, J Yu… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as an emerging treatment modality, which takes advantage of
reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated upon light illumination to ablate tumours, has …

Exploring the theoretical and experimental optimization of high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators using microarchitectured silk cocoon films

B Dudem, RDIG Dharmasena, SA Graham, JW Leem… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) developed using eco-friendly natural materials
instead of traditional electronic materials are more favorable for biocompatible applications …

Cyber‐physical watermarking with inkjet edible bioprinting

HJ Jeon, JW Leem, Y Ji, SM Park, J Park… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Counterfeit medicines are a fundamental healthcare problem, threatening patient safety and
public health as well as causing economic damage. Online pharmacies and the ongoing …

Edible matrix code with photogenic silk proteins

JW Leem, HJ Jeon, Y Ji, SM Park, Y Kwak… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Counterfeit medicines are a healthcare security problem, posing not only a direct threat to
patient safety and public health but also causing heavy economic losses. Current …

Photo-oxidation of therapeutic protein formulations: from radical formation to analytical techniques

E Hipper, M Blech, D Hinderberger, P Garidel… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
UV and ambient light-induced modifications and related degradation of therapeutic proteins
are observed during manufacturing and storage. Therefore, to ensure product quality …

Recent advances in fluorescent silk fibroin

OJ Lee, MT Sultan, H Hong, YJ Lee, JS Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Silk is a natural macromolecular protein consisting of fibroin and sericin. Silk fibroin (SF),
derived from Bombyx mori, is a representative fibrous protein that has been used mainly in …

Transgenic and diet-enhanced silk production for reinforced biomaterials: a metamaterial perspective

JW Leem, MJ Fraser, YL Kim - Annual Review of Biomedical …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Silk fibers, which are protein-based biopolymers produced by spiders and silkworms, are
fascinating biomaterials that have been extensively studied for numerous biomedical …