Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

Silk biomaterials are known for biomedical and tissue engineering applications including
drug delivery and implantable devices owing to their biocompatible and a wide range of …

Silk fibroin (SF) and sericin (SS), the two major proteins of silk, are attractive biomaterials
with great potential in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. However, their …

The skin, acting as the outer protection of the human body, is most vulnerable to injury.
Wound healing can often be impaired, leading to chronic, hard-to-heal wounds. For this …

Silk fibroin (SF) is a fibrous protein which is produced mainly by silkworms and spiders. Its
unique mechanical properties, tunable biodegradation rate and the ability to support the …

Non-healing, chronic wounds place a huge burden on healthcare systems as well as
individual patients. These chronic wounds especially diabetic wounds will ultimately lead to …

Silk is a natural composite fiber composed mainly of hydrophobic fibroin and hydrophilic
sericin, produced by the silkworm Bombyx mori. In the textile industry, the cocoons of B. mori …

Silk sericin is a natural polymer produced by silkworm, Bombyx mori, which surrounds and
keeps together two fibroin filaments in silk thread used in the cocoon. The recovery and …

The development of drug delivery systems using nanoparticles as carriers for small and
large therapeutic molecules remains a rapidly growing area of research. The advantages of …

Sericin is an inexpensive glycoprotein obtained as a by-product in the silk industry. Its
variable amino acid composition and diverse functional groups confer upon it attractive …