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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Cheng Research Group

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From left, Illinois undergraduate Jason Lang, graduate students Yugang Bai and Hua Lu, and materials science and engineering professor Jianjun Cheng have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together.

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L. Brian Stauffer

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