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Shyam Rele1, Yuhua Song, Robert P Apkarian

  • 1Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, USA.

まとめ

研究者らは,自己組織化して,コラーゲンのような有秩序な繊維に自己組織化できる合成ペプチドを開発した. このブレークスルーは,ネイティブのコラーゲン構造を模倣し,高度なバイオマテリアルの周期的なナノおよびマイクロスケール特性の精密なエンジニアリングを可能にします.

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