Macromol. Biosci. 12/2013

Abstract

Front Cover: Self‐healing poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) microspheres are a unique class of functional biomaterials capable of microencapsulating process‐sensitive proteins by simple mixing and heating the drug‐free polymer in aqueous protein solution. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/mabi.201300323, Samuel E. Reinhold and Steven P. Schwendeman describe the means of controlling the percolating pore network for protein entry and encapsulation, and the resulting dosage form performance.