A zwitterionic polymer hinders the foreign-body response that leads to fibrotic encapsulation of implants.
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Grainger, D. All charged up about implanted biomaterials. Nat Biotechnol 31, 507–509 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2600
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