Hydrogel (IMAGE)

Rice University

Hydrogel

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Hydrophobic dimers of self-assembling multidomain peptides, each with the amino acid sequence of K2(SL)6K2, form a hydrogel that turns out to have a host of therapeutic properties, according to Rice University scientists.

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Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University

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