Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Bio-inspired poly-DL-serine materials resist the foreign-body response

  • Donghui Zhang,
  • Qi Chen,
  • Yufang Bi,
  • Haodong Zhang,
  • Minzhang Chen,
  • Jianglin Wan,
  • Chao Shi,
  • Wenjing Zhang,
  • Junyu Zhang,
  • Zhongqian Qiao,
  • Jin Li,
  • Shengfu Chen,
  • Runhui Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25581-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Implantation-caused foreign-body response is a commonly encountered issue and can result in failure of implants. Here, the authors demonstrate that a highly water soluble, biocompatible, and easily accessible poly-DL-serine hydrogel can mitigate foreign-body response.