Protein-based biomaterials have broad applications in cosmetics, therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, and regenerative medicine, owing to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and intrinsic bioactivity. Generally, proteins can be extracted from natural sources with advanced processing technologies or precisely designed and produced with scalable bacterial, insect, and mammalian expression systems. With advanced processing and engineering approaches, a broad range of protein-based biomaterials with tailored properties has been developed for various applications, including implantable medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, and drug carriers.
From the translational research point of view, achieving a rational material design and precise control of structures and properties is critical for developing protein-based biomaterials. Developing advanced processing techniques such as 3D printing can significantly facilitate the development of application-oriented biomaterials or devices with multiscale structures. The combination of novel computational methodologies and advanced characterization tools can help researchers better understand the structure-properties-function relationships of protein-based biomaterials and cell-materials interactions.
The current Research Topic/article collection focuses on the latest high-quality research with an emphasis on processing, structure, and applications of protein-based biomaterials, and topics include:
• Bioinspired design of protein-based biomaterials
• Multi-scale modeling of protein-based biomaterials
• Chemical modification of protein-based biomaterials
• Advanced recombinant protein technology
• Advanced processing and manufacturing of protein-based biomaterials
• Biological effects of protein-based biomaterials
• Interactions between cells and protein-based biomaterials
• Multi-scale structure of protein-based biomaterials
• Structure-properties relationships of protein-based biomaterials
• Biomedical applications of protein-based biomaterials
• Protein-based composite materials
Protein-based biomaterials have broad applications in cosmetics, therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, and regenerative medicine, owing to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and intrinsic bioactivity. Generally, proteins can be extracted from natural sources with advanced processing technologies or precisely designed and produced with scalable bacterial, insect, and mammalian expression systems. With advanced processing and engineering approaches, a broad range of protein-based biomaterials with tailored properties has been developed for various applications, including implantable medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, and drug carriers.
From the translational research point of view, achieving a rational material design and precise control of structures and properties is critical for developing protein-based biomaterials. Developing advanced processing techniques such as 3D printing can significantly facilitate the development of application-oriented biomaterials or devices with multiscale structures. The combination of novel computational methodologies and advanced characterization tools can help researchers better understand the structure-properties-function relationships of protein-based biomaterials and cell-materials interactions.
The current Research Topic/article collection focuses on the latest high-quality research with an emphasis on processing, structure, and applications of protein-based biomaterials, and topics include:
• Bioinspired design of protein-based biomaterials
• Multi-scale modeling of protein-based biomaterials
• Chemical modification of protein-based biomaterials
• Advanced recombinant protein technology
• Advanced processing and manufacturing of protein-based biomaterials
• Biological effects of protein-based biomaterials
• Interactions between cells and protein-based biomaterials
• Multi-scale structure of protein-based biomaterials
• Structure-properties relationships of protein-based biomaterials
• Biomedical applications of protein-based biomaterials
• Protein-based composite materials