Protein-based materials health improved

Potential of Protein-based Materials to Improve Health and Decrease Health Care Costs... 

The fourth assertion applies the understanding of the new mechanism in the development of protein-based materials to improve health care, to decrease healthcare costs, and to assist in alleviating additional major problems of society. 

Health care costs in the United States exceed a staggering trillion dollars per year. Low back pain, urinary incontinence, pressure ulcers (e.g., bed sores), and cardiovascular disease are major contributors to decreased quality of life and increased health care costs. Applications of protein-based materials, briefly noted in this section but discussed more extensively below, have the potential to improve quality of life while lowering health care costs for these and additional medical problems. To provide a historical backdrop and a record of the development of applications. Table 9.1 provides the set of patents resulting from our research efforts,... 

In Chapter 9, the capacity to design protein-based molecular machines and materials turns toward the development of useful applications for improving individual health and environmental health. With insight as to how the protein-based machines of biology work, and, because we know how they work, we can... 

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