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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Szu-Wen Wang, Irvine, CA (US);
Tae Il Kim, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Shea, Irvine, CA (US);
Krista Fruehauf, Irvine, CA (US);
Edward L. Nelson, Irvine, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
For applications in drug delivery, 'smart' materials have been designed to respond to conditions within microenvironments of tissues or cells. The present invention features stimuli-responsive cross-linked hydrogels that respond to specific metabolites of disease. For example, protein-polymer materials of the present invention are configured to release their drug cargo upon encountering the higher lactate concentrations within tumor microenvironments.