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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Yihua Bruce Yu, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Sivakumar Ramachandran, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Yiider Tseng, Gainesville, FL (US);
Yihua Bruce Yu, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Sivakumar Ramachandran, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Yiider Tseng, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, , UT (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The compositions and methods disclosed herein pertain to the manufacture and use of hydrogels. The disclosed compositions and methods pertain to hydrogels capable of induction by a variety of methodologies, such as by pH, salt and/or mixing. Such hydrogels are capable of self- or co-assembly and while doing so, may entrap a variety of bioactive agents in their native form, such as proteins, DNA, RNA and the like. The hydrogels of the present invention also demonstrate rapid sheer-responsiveness. The hydrogels of the present invention are biodegradable, biocompatible and useful as a biomaterial or drug-delivery device.