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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2015
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sarah C. Heilshorn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Widya Mulyasasmita, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lei Cai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A viscoelastic hydrogel based on a protein hetero-assembled with a polymer is provided. The protein cannot self-assemble with itself and the polymer cannot self-assemble with itself. The protein has a first association sequence (1stA) and a first spacer (1stSp). The polymer has a second association sequence (2ndA) and a second spacer (2ndSp). The first association sequence and the second association sequence are physically cross-linked to interact with each other with a 1:1 known and specific stoichiometry to form a three dimensional scaffold. The protein is represented by {1stA(1stSp)}1stA, where x is ≧2, and the polymer is represented by {2ndA(2ndSp)}2ndA, where y≧2.