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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
University of Illinois AT Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
David L. Kaplan, Concord, MA (US);
Jia Huang, Malden, MA (US);
Cheryl Wong Po Foo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Naik, Dayton, OH (US);
Anne George, Chicago, IL (US);
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Abstract
The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These organic-inorganic composites can be constructed from the nano- to the macro-scale depending on the size of the fibrous protein fusion domain used. In one embodiment, the composites can also be loaded with other compounds (e.g., dyes, drugs, enzymes) depending on the goal for the materials, to further enhance function. This can be achieved during assembly of the material or during the mineralization step in materials formation.