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CAREER: Designing Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework–Hydrogel Biomaterials for Bio-instructive — NSF Award to Trustees of Boston Unive

PART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY Cells in the body use chemical signals, called chemokines, to guide immune cells to specific locations. This guidance is essential to influence their behavior and help fight infections or maintain normal health processes. These chemical signals often take the form of gradients, meaning the

Award titleCAREER: Designing Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework–Hydrogel Biomaterials for Bio-instructive
Award ID2542672
AwardeeTrustees of Boston University
CityBOSTON
StateMA
Amount obligated$524,997
Principal investigatorMichelle Teplensky
ProgramBIOMATERIALS PROGRAM
Start date02/15/2026
AbstractPART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY Cells in the body use chemical signals, called chemokines, to guide immune cells to specific locations. This guidance is essential to influence their behavior and help fight infections or maintain normal health processes. These chemical signals often take the form of gradients, meaning the concentration of the chemical signal changes across a region. Immune cells sense these gradients and follow them like a map. Thus, the ability to precisely program these gradients
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