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Engineered modular biomaterial logic gates for environmentally triggered therapeutic delivery

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Chemistry, January 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#31 of 3,121)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
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2 blogs
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468 tweeters
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1 patent
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1 Facebook page
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Title
Engineered modular biomaterial logic gates for environmentally triggered therapeutic delivery
Published in
Nature Chemistry, January 2018
DOI 10.1038/nchem.2917
Pubmed ID
Authors

Barry A. Badeau, Michael P. Comerford, Christopher K. Arakawa, Jared A. Shadish, Cole A. DeForest

Abstract

The successful transport of drug- and cell-based therapeutics to diseased sites represents a major barrier in the development of clinical therapies. Targeted delivery can be mediated through degradable biomaterial vehicles that utilize disease biomarkers to trigger payload release. Here, we report a modular chemical framework for imparting hydrogels with precise degradative responsiveness by using multiple environmental cues to trigger reactions that operate user-programmable Boolean logic. By specifying the molecular architecture and connectivity of orthogonal stimuli-labile moieties within material cross-linkers, we show selective control over gel dissolution and therapeutic delivery. To illustrate the versatility of this methodology, we synthesized 17 distinct stimuli-responsive materials that collectively yielded all possible YES/OR/AND logic outputs from input combinations involving enzyme, reductant and light. Using these hydrogels we demonstrate the first sequential and environmentally stimulated release of multiple cell lines in well-defined combinations from a material. We expect these platforms will find utility in several diverse fields including drug delivery, diagnostics and regenerative medicine.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 378 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 116 31%
Student > Bachelor 51 13%
Researcher 38 10%
Student > Master 35 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 27 7%
Other 50 13%
Unknown 61 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 103 27%
Engineering 55 15%
Materials Science 38 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 6%
Chemical Engineering 23 6%
Other 60 16%
Unknown 75 20%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 284. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2023.
All research outputs
#112,404
of 23,931,731 outputs
Outputs from Nature Chemistry
#31
of 3,121 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,106
of 479,457 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Chemistry
#2
of 47 outputs
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