The present invention relates to plastic composition comprising at least one polyester, biological entities having a polyester-degrading activity and at least an anti-acid filler, wherein the biological entities represent less than 11% by weight, based on the total weight of the plastic composition, and uses thereof for manufacturing biodegradable plastic articles.

A gel composition includes an oleogel dispersed within an aqueous gel which is continuous phase. the oleogel comprising either a plant-based oil in liquid state at room temperature and a wax, or a plant-based oil in non-liquid state at room temperature. and the aqueous gel comprising water and at least one of protein and polysaccharide. The present disclosure also discloses an edible composition comprising the gel composition, and the use of this edible composition as an animal fat substitute. The present disclosure further discloses a food product comprising the edible composition. Methods for making the gel composition are also disclosed.

Compositions useful as dermal fillers and methods using such compositions to treat various skin and soft tissue conditions. The dermal fillers can comprise silk attached to hyaluronic acid using for example two cross linkers and can be used to treat of facial imperfections, facial defects, facial augmentations, breast imperfections, breast augmentations or breast reconstructions.

The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensionally (3D) printed tissue engineering scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method for manufacturing the 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold. The 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold may be fabricated at least in part from a composite material having an insoluble component and soluble component. The three-dimensional tissue scaffolds of the disclosure may be fabricated via a rapid prototyping machine. In some instances, the three-dimensional shape of the fabricated tissue engineering scaffold may correspond to a three-dimensional shape of a tissue defect of a patient.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a coating composition comprising a composite in which a dissociated natural polymer compound is bound onto at least a portion of the surface of acrylic polymer particles.

A three-dimensionally ordered macroporous hydrogel for immobilizing a selected bioresponsive molecule and method of making are disclosed. The three-dimensionally ordered macroporous hydrogel comprises a crosslinked polymer that has a system of interconnected pores. The interconnected pores have a uniform pore size in the range of 50 to 5000 nm, and a plurality of first pore functional groups. The plurality of first pore functional groups is selected to immobilize a selected bioresponsive molecule. Examples of bioresponsive molecules include an enzyme; a molecule for: a protein scaffold, solid phase synthesis, nucleic acid synthesis, polypeptide synthesis, analyte detection, adsorption of analytes and measuring analyte concentrations, organic synthesis, and degradation of biologically active agents in wastewater. A method includes forming a colloidal crystal template, polymerizing a hydrogel within the pores of the colloidal crystal template, and selectively removing the colloidal crystal template. The hydrogel can be polymerized using CRP, ATRP and FRP polymerization processes.

Provided herein a biodegradable composite comprising a biodegradable polymer and bio-crystals, wherein the bio-crystals are in a concentration of between 1 wt % to 50 wt % of the biodegradable polymer.

A method and product comprising mixing at least one oil to a converted methylcellulose polymer to result in a methylcellulose polymer-oil mixture, mixing at least one hydrocolloid to the methylcellulose polymer-oil mixture and heating the methylcellulose polymer-oil mixture to result in a microgel structure; and entrapping at least one flavor potentiator within the microgel structure to result in a peptide-infused microgel structure.

The present invention refers to a bioactive coating material for coating plastic materials for cell cultures, comprising a polymer conjugate of each a polymer anchor molecule having surface active anchoring groups and one or more biologically active molecules. The anchor molecule is an amphiphilic molecule with a hydrophobic moiety of styrene-, methacrylic acid-, isobutene-, acrylic acid-, acrylic acid ester-, or methacrylic acid ester units and a hydrophilic moiety of units including carboxyl-, amino-, epoxide-, thiol-, alkine- or azide groups. By selecting cell instructive coating materials cell destiny choices are individually and effectively controllable, in particular, the cell adhesion of almost any cell culture one-way articles by the user. With this concept, new options open up for high-throughput-diagnostics, stem cell-biotechnology and regenerative therapies.

The present disclosure provides for a process for manufacturing of dipped latex products without using any animal derived ingredients and dipped latex products produced by said process. The disclosed process successfully over comes drawbacks of drop in product yield (due to coagulum formation) and burst pressures caused by absence-of casein in latex formulation. Therefore, the dipped latex products so produced through the process have final composition similar to that of any other dipped latex products with casein except for absence of casein and having 0.8 phr of Sulphur as against 0.6 phr of Sulphur in routine manufacturing. The products also exhibit physical properties similar to that of any other dipped latex products with casein, such as burst pressure and burst volume.