Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a conductive hydrogel including a mussel adhesive protein, a liquid metal, and hyaluronic acid and a preparation method thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a bio-adhesive device including an adhesive material layer, an electronic device layer, and a protective film layer to have advantages of being harmless to the human body, being naturally degraded in the body without a separate removal process, and capable of observing the movement of internal organs more closely in real time from outside the body.

Abstract: A coacervate including a catechol-substituted anionic polymer; an adhesive including same; and a method for producing the coacervate are described. More specifically, a coacervate formed by mixing a catechol derivative of a mussel adhesive protein and a catechol-substituted anionic polymer; an adhesive including the coacervate; and a method for producing a coacervate are described. The method includes a step of obtaining a catechol-substituted anionic polymer through catechol substitution of an anionic polymer, and a step of mixing the catechol-substituted anionic polymer and a catechol derivative of a mussel adhesive protein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bioadhesive composition including mussel adhesive protein; and at least one of polyacrylic acid and polymethacrylic acid; in which the mussel adhesive protein is linked to the at least one of polyacrylic acid and polymethacrylic acid by an amide bond and has a three-dimensional network structure and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a photothermal agent which includes a mussel adhesive protein; and photothermal-responsive nanoparticles that generate a biocompatible gas by means of light and heat and release a drug. Nanoparticles according to the present invention exhibit a photothermal effect when near-infrared rays are applied thereto, and may be applied to trimodality therapy in which a biocompatible gas is generated by means of light and heat to induce the release of a drug.

Abstract: An antimicrobial adhesive protein, an antimicrobial nanoparticle, an antimicrobial composition comprising the same nanoparticle, and a preparation method for the same composition are described and, more particularly, an antimicrobial adhesive protein in which an antibiotic peptide is linked to a mussel adhesive protein, a mussel adhesive protein derivative of which a tyrosine residue within the antimicrobial adhesive protein is modified with a catechol derivative, an antimicrobial nanoparticle including a metal capable of forming a coordinate bond with a derivative of the mussel adhesive protein and having intrinsic antimicrobial activity, an antimicrobial composition comprising the same nanoparticle, and a preparation method for the same composition are described.

Abstract: Disclosed are a microneedle patch including a first hydrogel layer containing a mussel adhesive protein and hyaluronic acid, and a second hydrogel layer containing silk fibroin, and a preparation method thereof. The microneedle patch according to the present disclosure has excellent tissue adhesion, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, and is used for transdermal drug delivery to promote wound regeneration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for the destruction of microalgae or mosses. The composition for the destruction of microalgae or mosses may suppress the growth and proliferation of microalgae when treated in moss cultivation facilities, marine microalgae cultivation facilities, areas in which green or red tide is occurring, or areas in which green or red tide is expected to occur, thereby preventing damage caused by the green or red tide.

Abstract: Disclosed are a bio-responsive adhesive antibody delivery platform for immunotherapy, use thereof, and a preparation method thereof. The bio-responsive adhesive antibody delivery platform for immunotherapy according to the present disclosure may enhance a retention time of the antibody at a target site via adhesiveness of the delivery platform and may selectively release the antibody in response to specific enzymes to efficiently deliver the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a coacervate formed from a catechol-substituted anionic polymer; an adhesive comprising same; and a method for producing same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a coacervate formed by mixing a catechol derivative of a mussel adhesive protein and a catechol-substituted anionic polymer; an adhesive comprising the coacervate; and a method for producing a coacervate, wherein the method comprises a step of obtaining a catechol-substituted anionic polymer through catechol substitution of an anionic polymer, and a step of mixing the catechol-substituted anionic polymer and a catechol derivative of a mussel adhesive protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous microsphere comprising a mussel adhesive protein and a method of preparing the same. The porous microsphere comprising the mussel adhesive protein according to the present invention is capable of minimally invasive bio-injection through syringes to efficiently deliver therapeutic stem cells to the sites of tissue defects as cell carriers. Further, the present invention may be widely applied to scaffolds for tissue engineering, drug carriers, or the like, which may be suitably applied to the size of the defected site of tissue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial adhesive protein, an antimicrobial nanoparticle, an antimicrobial composition comprising the same nanoparticle, and a preparation method for the same composition and, more particularly, to an antimicrobial adhesive protein in which an antibiotic peptide is linked to a mussel adhesive protein, a mussel adhesive protein derivative in which a tyrosine residue within the antimicrobial adhesive protein is modified with a catechol derivative, an antimicrobial nanoparticle including a metal capable of forming a coordinate bond with a derivative of the mussel adhesive protein and having intrinsic antimicrobial activity, an antimicrobial composition comprising the same nanoparticle, and a preparation method for the same composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel stem cell carrier and a method for producing the same and provides a method for producing a stem cell carrier including a step of contacting stem cells with a coacervate formed by mixing an anionic polymer with a mussel adhesive protein or a mutant thereof. The present disclosure relates to a novel stem cell therapeutic agent platform of delivering cells in a encapsulated state by forming an adhesive cell carrier using crosslinked coacervate. The cell carrier of the present disclosure can maintain the ability to differentiate stem cells as well as biocompatibility and can survive without losing cell adhesion even under oxygen-deficient conditions. In addition, the cell carrier of the present disclosure has an excellent regenerative effect by applying such to biological tissues in which vascular regeneration is not easy, by inducing a metabolic reaction triggered by the hypoxic environment, in particular, neovascularization.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for the destruction of microalgae or mosses. The composition for the destruction of microalgae or mosses may suppress the growth and proliferation of microalgae when treated in moss cultivation facilities, marine microalgae cultivation facilities, areas in which green or red tide is occurring, or areas in which green or red tide is expected to occur, thereby preventing damage caused by the green or red tide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a mussel adhesive protein and a silica-binding peptide linked to the mussel adhesive protein, a silica nanoparticle a silica connected to the fusion protein, a fusion protein-silica nanoparticle complex comprising the silica nanoparticle having bioactivity and adhesiveness for cell proliferation and accelerating the differentiation, a surface coating composition including the complex, its use, and a method of coating a surface using the surface coating composition.

Abstract: Provided are a recombinant polypeptide in which a small leucine-rich proteoglycan mimetic sequence is attached to a terminal of a mussel adhesive protein, a composition for wound healing including the same, a bioadhesive material, and a preparation method thereof. According to the present disclosure, the recombinant polypeptide in which the small leucine-rich proteoglycan mimetic sequence is attached to the terminal of the mussel adhesive protein has an excellent epidermal regeneration effect in which the wound site is uniformly restored by promoting rapid wound healing at the wound site when being applied to the wound site and inducing formation of collagens which are arranged and concentrated at the wound site, and thus can be usefully used as various drugs, cosmetics, and quasi-drugs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pH-responsive metal-catechol derivative nanoparticle for drug delivery based on a mussel adhesive protein, particularly Fe(III)-DOPA nanoparticle, and a method for preparing the same. A nanoparticle for drug delivery according to the present invention is prepared using a pH responsive substance, catechol derivative-metal complex, particularly Fe(III)-DOPA complex, based on a mussel adhesive protein. Thereby, the present invention has excellent biocompatibility, is capable of easily and quickly penetrating into a target cell, and releases a loaded drug under acidic conditions, which enables to selectively deliver a drug to a specific disease having an acidic environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for oral application and a method for preparing the same, more particularly, to a composition for oral application comprising a complex of specific Lewis base and specific Lewis acid, and a method for preparing the same. The composition for oral application of the present invention has excellent durability, body stability and coatibility, and thus, can effectively treat dentin hypersensitivity, and when applied before dentin hypersensitivity occurs, can prevent dentin hypersensitivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pH-responsive metal-catechol derivative nanoparticle for drug delivery based on a mussel adhesive protein, particularly Fe(III)-DOPA nanoparticle, and a method for preparing the same. A nanoparticle for drug delivery according to the present invention is prepared using a pH responsive substance, catechol derivative-metal complex, particularly Fe(III)-DOPA complex, based on a mussel adhesive protein. Thereby, the present invention has excellent biocompatibility, is capable of easily and quickly penetrating into a target cell, and releases a loaded drug under acidic conditions, which enables to selectively deliver a drug to a specific disease having an acidic environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbonic anhydrase, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the carbonic anhydrase, a recombinant vector including the nucleic acid molecule, a host cell transformed with the recombinant vector, and a method of preparing the carbonic anhydrase using the host cell. The carbonic anhydrase of the present invention has an excellent stability at high temperature to exhibit a carbon dioxide capturing activity even at high temperature, thereby being applied to a carbon dioxide capturing process performed at high temperature with many advantages in view of economic aspect due to mass-production of expression system.