Polymeric scaffolds for dental, oral, and craniofacial regenerative medicine

DT Wu, JG Munguia-Lopez, YW Cho, X Ma, V Song… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dental, oral, and craniofacial (DOC) regenerative medicine aims to repair or regenerate
DOC tissues including teeth, dental pulp, periodontal tissues, salivary gland …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinspired silk fibroin materials: From silk building blocks extraction and reconstruction to advanced biomedical applications

X Yao, S Zou, S Fan, Q Niu, Y Zhang - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin has become a promising biomaterial owing to its remarkable mechanical
property, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and sufficient supply. However, it is difficult to …

Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for drug and gene delivery

MA Tomeh, R Hadianamrei, X Zhao - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silk is a natural polymer with unique physicochemical and mechanical properties which
makes it a desirable biomaterial for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Silk fibroin …

A review on antibacterial silk fibroin-based biomaterials: Current state and prospects

S Ghalei, H Handa - Materials today chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial contamination of biomaterials is a common problem and a serious threat to human
health worldwide. Therefore, the development of multifunctional biomaterials that possess …

Silk fibroin as an efficient biomaterial for drug delivery, gene therapy, and wound healing

SUD Wani, MI Zargar, MH Masoodi, S Alshehri… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Silk fibroin (SF), an organic material obtained from the cocoons of a silkworm Bombyx mori,
is used in several applications and has a proven track record in biomedicine owing to its …

Biomimetic composites with enhanced toughening using silk-inspired triblock proteins and aligned nanocellulose reinforcements

P Mohammadi, AS Aranko, CP Landowski, O Ikkala… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Silk and cellulose are biopolymers that show strong potential as future sustainable
materials. They also have complementary properties, suitable for combination in composite …

Engineering of silk proteins for materials applications

M Saric, T Scheibel - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Silks are green polymers, which can be produced in a sustainable fashion and
which show high-performance properties.•Molecular engineering enables tailored …

Challenges and opportunities of silk protein hydrogels in biomedical applications

J Liu, X Ge, L Liu, W Xu, R Shao - Materials Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the context of this era of complementary interdisciplinary advances, the design and
preparation of hydrogel materials has been a hot avenue of research for a variety of …

Silk particles as carriers of therapeutic molecules for cancer treatment

A Florczak, I Grzechowiak, T Deptuch, K Kucharczyk… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although progress is observed in cancer treatment, this disease continues to be the second
leading cause of death worldwide. The current understanding of cancer indicates that …

Systemic and local silk-based drug delivery systems for cancer therapy

A Florczak, T Deptuch, K Kucharczyk… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Application of drug delivery systems (DDS) in oncology may increase the
effectiveness of cancer treatment and reduce the associated adverse side effects. Although …