Molecular engineering of peptide-based hydrogels for sustained drug release Ghent University
Peptide Hydrogels are swollen networks of self-assembled peptide nanofibers that contain large
amounts of water. An important characteristic of such hydrogels is that they can be aspirated and
injected through a standard needle. Recently, we developed such peptide hydrogels that extended
the pain killing effect of morphine form several hours up to 3-4 days. However, further extension of
the sustained release time is ...