The Texas A&M University System

Mary Beth Monroe

Duncan J Maitland

Magnus A Hook

Elizabeth L Cosgriff-Hernandez

Neungseon Seo

Brooke Hageman Russell

Mariah S Hahn

Marvin Xuejun Xu

Andrew Weems

Grace Fletcher

Jose J Rivera

Brandis Keller

The present disclosure provides synthetic collagen and methods of making and using synthetic collagen that include a synthetic collagen that facilitates wound closure comprising an isolated and purified triple helical backbone protein that facilitates wound closure comprising one or more alteration in a triple helical backbone protein sequence, that stabilize the isolated and purified triple helical backbone protein and does not disrupt an additional collagen ligand interaction; and one or more integrin binding motifs, wherein the isolated and purified triple helical backbone protein facilitates wound closure.

Designer collagens and use thereof

An embodiment includes a system comprising a thermoset polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foam that includes at least one antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent may include at least one phenolic acid that is a pendent group chemically bonded to a polyurethane polymer chain of the SMP foam. Other embodiments are described herein.

Antimicrobial shape memory polymers

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College Station, TX, United States of America

Mary Beth Monroe