[HTML][HTML] The contribution of silk fibroin in biomedical engineering

C Lujerdean, GM Baci, AA Cucu, DS Dezmirean - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the medical area and beyond one of the most important biomaterials is
the silk fibroin (SF) produced by the Bombyx mori L. silkworm. This outstanding biopolymer …

Silk fibroin as a natural polymeric based bio-material for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems-A review

SUD Wani, SP Gautam, ZL Qadrie… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The silk fibroin (SF) prepared by Bombyx mori silkworms is one of the mainly abundant
natural fiber and can be obtained simply and economically. SF as bio-material has superior …

[HTML][HTML] Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 fibroin as sustainable advanced material: material properties and characteristics, processing, and applications

A Reizabal, CM Costa, L Pérez‐Álvarez… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biobased resources are proposed as next‐generation materials for advanced application.
Among them, silk fibroin, a protein‐based material generally obtained from Bombyx mori …

Use of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in tissue engineering: From cocoons to medical devices, challenges, and future perspectives

A Bucciarelli, A Motta - Biomaterials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin has become a prominent material in tissue engineering (TE) over the last 20
years with almost 10,000 published works spanning in all the TE applications, from skeleton …

Dissolution and processing of silk fibroin for materials science

HY Wang, YQ Zhang, ZG Wei - Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent decades, silk fibroin (SF) from silkworm Bombyx mori has been extensively
researched and applied in several fields, including: cosmetics, biomedicine and …

[HTML][HTML] Silk: a promising biomaterial opening new vistas towards affordable healthcare solutions

A Bandyopadhyay, SK Chowdhury, S Dey… - Journal of the Indian …, 2019 - Springer
Substantial progress in biomaterial research over the years has culminated in revolutionary
technological advancements in the healthcare domain. This has triggered the quest for …

[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 …

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 materials for medical, electronic and optical applications

SN Fan, Y Zhang, XY Huang, LH Geng… - Science China …, 2019 - Springer
Silk derived from the silkworm Bombyx mori is among the most important fibrous protein
biomaterials due to large-scale production from natural sources, excellent biocompatibility …