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Millions of years of evolution have honed some of the world’s most successful material designs: low-weight toughness of bamboo, the flexible strength of spider silk, skin’s ability to heal. We are unlocking some of nature’s most powerful secrets to create polymer innovations for a wide range of applications, from enabling more resilient electronics to manufacturing more sustainable building materials to improving medical care. Our researchers are pioneering innovations in bio-inspired polymers and other biomaterials to develop more biocompatible medical implants, smarter drug-delivery systems, regenerative tissues and more. And our proximity to some of the nation’s top hospitals—Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, the VA Medical Center and MetroHealth Medical Center—gives us a unique advantage in translating our discoveries into clinical settings.