Self-Assembling Lipid–Polypeptide Biomaterials Follow Heat Cues

Synthetic biomaterials based on peptides and proteins have lacked the versatility of their natural counterparts. The problem: Unlike the natural biomaterials, the synthetic biomaterials miss out, by and large, on the power of post-translational modification (PTM). A new kind of synthetic biomaterial, however, exploits PTM to accomplish temperature-triggered, hierarchical self-assembly. If biomaterials with these capabilities prove to be injectable, and not just implantable, they may realize nove