K18Peptide™ patent registration

The only patented biological peptide - K18Peptide™

K18Peptide™ is a biomimetic technology developed by Professor Artur Cavaco Paulo, a top European bioengineering scientist, and his team .

Selected Publications:

  1. Molecular modeling of hair keratin/peptide complex: Using MM‐PBSA calculations to describe experimental binding results , Proteins, 2012, 5, 1409-1417

  2. Insights on the mechanical behavior of keratin fibrils, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2016, 89, 477-483

  3. Changing the Shape of Hair with Keratin Peptides , RSC, Adv., 2017, 7, 51581-51592

  4. Peptide-protein interactions within human hair keratins, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2017, 101 805-814


Patents:

1. WIPO Patent -WO201505621A63 - 2015

2. US Patent – ​​10,709,655 B2 – 2020

K18Peptide™ patent registration

The only patented biological peptide - K18Peptide™

K18Peptide™ is a biomimetic technology developed by Professor Artur Cavaco Paulo, a top European bioengineering scientist, and his team .

Selected Publications:

  1. Molecular modeling of hair keratin/peptide complex: Using MM‐PBSA calculations to describe experimental binding results , Proteins, 2012, 5, 1409-1417

  2. Insights on the mechanical behavior of keratin fibrils, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2016, 89, 477-483

  3. Changing the Shape of Hair with Keratin Peptides , RSC, Adv., 2017, 7, 51581-51592

  4. Peptide-protein interactions within human hair keratins, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2017, 101 805-814


Patents:

1. WIPO Patent -WO201505621A63 - 2015

2. US Patent – ​​10,709,655 B2 – 2020