Both the drugs and polymers on the stents may be causing the problems, she says.

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Coatue, which has been working on conductive organic polymers for memory chips, has had major support from Sunnyvale microprocessor maker AMD.

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His original 1990 paper on glowing organic polymers, published in Nature, became Friend's most widely cited research, according to Science Watch, which tracks academic research.

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Working at this crossroads has enabled him to make huge leaps in the field of drug delivery systems and to design biodegradable polymers on which human tissue can grow.

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And, while antimicrobials are high on the list of potential applications for these polymers, there are other healthcare applications as well.

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In fact, all of biology is based on just four sorts of so-called information polymers - proteins, DNA, RNA and also carbohydrates.

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Once these polymers come into contact with water in or on the body, they self assemble into a new polymer structure that is designed to target bacteria membranes based on electrostatic interaction and break through their cell membranes and walls.

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The polymers used can be dissolved in water to form an ink, which can be sprayed on the product.

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Over the years, he's been working on a technique called "plastination" that replaces the water and fat inside a body's tissues with polymers -- sticky, hard-drying plastics.

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