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 …

Hydrogels are a class of advanced material forms that closely mimic properties of the soft
biological tissues. Several polymers have been explored for preparing hydrogels with …

Silk presents a rare combination of desirable properties for sustained drug delivery,
including aqueous-based purification and processing options without chemical cross …

Silk fibroin (SF), a naturally occurring protein polymer, has several unique properties making
it a favorable matrix for the incorporation and delivery of a range of therapeutic agents. SF is …

Silk is a natural polymer with unique physicochemical and mechanical properties which
makes it a desirable biomaterial for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Silk fibroin …

Aqueous solutions that undergo sol-to-gel transition as the temperature increases have
been extensively studied during the last decade. The material can be designed by …

Hybrid biomaterials are systems created from components of at least two distinct classes of
molecules, for example, synthetic macromolecules and proteins or peptide domains. The …

Elastin is a versatile elastic protein that dominates flexible tissues capable of recoil, and
facilitates commensurate cell interactions in these tissues in all higher vertebrates. Elastin's …

In order to cure and treat health-related disorders, therapeutic substance must reach its
target site with a constant concentration over a long period of time. As oral administration is …

Introduction: Genetically engineered biomaterials are useful for controlled delivery owing to
their rational design, tunable structure–function, biocompatibility, degradability and target …