A Supramolecular Shear-Thinning Anti-Inflammatory Steroid Hydrogel.

Liu, Qian; Zhan, Changyou; Barhoumi, Aoune; Wang, Weiping; Santamaria, Claudia; McAlvin, James Brian; Kohane, Daniel S · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Shear-thinning and self-healing steroid-drug-based hydrogels are presented, which exhibit rapid and complete recovery of their mechanical properties within seconds following stress-induced flow. The hydrogels release steroid drug in vivo with no visible residue when release is complete.