Clotting Mimicry from Robust Hemostatic Bandages Based on Self-Assembling Peptides
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Tschabrunn, Cory M.; Mehta, Manav; Perez-Cuevas, Monica B.; Zhang, Shuguang; Hsu, Bryan Boen; Conway, William E.; Hammond, Paula T; ... Show more Show less
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Uncontrolled bleeding from traumatic wounds is a major factor in deaths resulting from military conflict, accidents, disasters and crime. Self-assembling peptide nanofibers have shown superior hemostatic activity, and herein, we elucidate their mechanism by visualizing the formation of nanofiber-based clots that aggregate blood components with a similar morphology to fibrin-based clots. Furthermore, to enhance its direct application to a wound, we developed layer-by-layer assembled thin film coatings onto common materials used for wound dressings—gauze and gelatin sponges. We find these nanofibers elute upon hydration under physiological conditions and generate nanofiber-based clots with blood. After exposure to a range of harsh temperature conditions (−80 to 60 °C) for a week and even 5 months at 60 °C, these hemostatic bandages remain capable of releasing active nanofibers. In addition, the application of these nanofiber-based films from gauze bandages was found to accelerate hemostasis in porcine skin wounds as compared to plain gauze. The thermal robustness, in combination with the self-assembling peptide’s potent hemostatic activity, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cost of production, makes this a promising approach for a cheap yet effective hemostatic bandage.
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2015-08Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Bits and Atoms; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MITJournal
ACS Nano
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Hsu, Bryan B., William Conway, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Manav Mehta, Monica B. Perez-Cuevas, Shuguang Zhang, and Paula T. Hammond. “Clotting Mimicry from Robust Hemostatic Bandages Based on Self-Assembling Peptides.” ACS Nano 9, no. 9 (September 22, 2015): 9394–9406. © 2015 American Chemical Society
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1936-0851
1936-086X