This review supplies a report on fresh advances in the field of silk fibroin (SF) biopolymer
and its blends with biopolymers as new biomaterials. The review also includes a subsection …

Since it was first discovered, thousands of years ago, silkworm silk has been known to be an
abundant biopolymer with a vast range of attractive properties. The utilization of silk fibroin …

Silkworm silk protein fibroin and spider silk spidroin are known biocompatible and natural
biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications. The presence of β-sheets in silk fibroin …

Abstract According to World Health Organization (WHO), on average, 0.5 Kg of hazardous
waste is generated per bed every day in high-income countries. The adverse effects …

The ability to reverse engineer the silkworm fiber has led to tremendous advancements in
the field of silk materials over the last several decades, with silk fibroin materials applied to …

Silk fibroin has applications in different medical fields such as tissue engineering,
regenerative medicine, drug delivery and medical devices. Advances in silk chemistry and …

The molecular conformation of silk fibroin drastically changes the physical properties of this
biomaterial. Herein, we investigated the capacity of hyaluronic acid to modify the …

Silk fibroin has been successfully used as a biomaterial for tissue regeneration. To prepare
silk fibroin biomaterials for human implantation a series of processing steps are required to …

An all-silk composite, in which uniaxially-aligned and continuous-typed Bombyx mori silk
fibers were embedded in a matrix of silk protein (fibroin), was successfully prepared via a …

Silk fibroin is a protein with intrinsic characteristics that make it a good candidate as a
scaffold for tissue engineering. Recent works have enhanced its benefits by adding …