12/17/2010
Elastic-contractile model proteins: Physical chemistry, protein function and drug design and delivery  
(1404-1455) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 62 #15 (2010)
Numata and Kaplan of Tufts University discuss silks that are biodegradable, biocompatible, self-assembling proteins and can be tailored via genetic engineering to contain specific chemical features for drug and gene delivery. (RDC 12/13/2010)

Development of recombinant cationic polymers for gene therapy research  
(1524-1529) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 62 #15 (2010)
Top and Kiick of the University of Delaware has studied a series of alanine-rich helical polypeptides by glycosylation.  One changes morphology by changes in solution pH and temperature.  Polypeptide-based fibrils formed at acidic pH and high temperature organized gold nanoparticles via electrostatic interactions.  (RDC 12/13/2010)