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Macromolecular Bioscience
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In their review, Jiang and Stenzel discuss the various creative approaches in which albumin can be combined with polymers for application in drug delivery.
Macromolecular Journals Writing Competition: We have a Winner
In our Macromolecular Journals Writing Competition we asked PhD students and Post-Docs to send us a short news piece on papers from the Macromolecular Journals family highlighting exceptional research. Here we present the winner.
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The oxidation-responsive behavior of polymeric platforms in different microenvironments as well as biomedical applications are discussed
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Pluronic-based Polyrotaxanes: A Sweet Approach for the Delivery of DNA
Cationic Pluronic-based polyrotaxanes threaded with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin were synthesized for pDNA delivery into multiple cell lines.
Supramolecular Fabrication of Toxin-Inspired Structures
Researchers have devised a bottom-up approach to fabricate precisely arranged synthetic macromolecules and an enzymatically active toxin from Clostridium botulinum.
Best of Macros – Edition 2016 Now Online
The editors of the Macromolecular Journals have nominated the top papers of 2015!
Polymer Brushes for Blood Contacting Devices
Researchers have shown that surface modification with polymer brushes reduces fouling and adhesion of whole blood, blood plasma or blood cells.
Biosynthetic polypeptides cross-linked via thiol-ene chemistry
Recombinant resilin-like polypeptides are modified with photoreactive molecules to facilitate the use of photocrosslinking methods for hybrid hydrogels.
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