Team:Exeter/Applications

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<p>We think that future prosthetics would benefit from research within this area and could possibly provide a replacement limb capable of rivalling, mechanically, the natural design. They may even progress to be able to withstand larger amounts of impact force making the possibilities of running faster for longer and jumping higher a possibility. </p> <br>
<p>We think that future prosthetics would benefit from research within this area and could possibly provide a replacement limb capable of rivalling, mechanically, the natural design. They may even progress to be able to withstand larger amounts of impact force making the possibilities of running faster for longer and jumping higher a possibility. </p> <br>
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         <p>Cyclodextrin, as a cyclic oligosaccharide with hydroxyl groups able to hold hydrophobic molecules within them until surrounding become more hydrophobic. This gives them useful applications as drug delivery systems into fatty tissues or organs such as the liver and even bone.
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         <p>Cyclodextrin, as a cyclic oligosaccharide with hydroxyl groups able to hold hydrophobic molecules within them until surrounding become more hydrophobic. This gives them useful applications as drug delivery systems into fatty tissues or organs such as the liver and even bone.</p>

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Polysaccharides have a spectacular range of properties which stem from the relationships between the chemical nature of the sugars, their arrangement within the polymer and the arrangement of the polymer itself. They appear in every corner of the natural world and have multiple applications in nature ranging from protection to energy storage.

Not surprisingly humanity has taken advantage of their diversity and by doing so created a huge variety of uses within the medicinal, material and consumable sectors.


We invite you to take a brief look at what we believe could one day be possible if a system to design bespoke polysaccharides existed.


“It is not what we believe to be impossible that holds us back, but merely the limit to our imagination.”