Keratins are a family of fibrous proteins anticipated to possess wide-ranging biomedical
applications due to their abundance, physicochemical properties and intrinsic biological …

The enormous quantity of food wastes discarded annually forces a look into alternatives for
this interesting feedstock. Thus, food bio-waste valorisation is one of the current imperatives …

There is a pressing need for long-term, controlled drug release for sustained treatment of
chronic or persistent medical conditions and diseases. Guided drug delivery is difficult …

Protein-based biomaterials have emerged as a promising alternative because of their
inherent cell-to-cell interaction, structural support, and cellular communications. Over the last …

Aim: To realize and characterize a new generation of keratin-coated gold nanoparticles (Ker-
AuNPs) as highly efficient photosensitive nanosized therapeutics for plasmonic …

Keratin is a structural protein of mammalian tissues and birds, representing the principal
constituent of hair, nails, skin, wool, hooves, horns, beaks, and feathers, and playing an …

Human hair keratins are readily available, easy to extract, and eco-friendly materials with
natural bioactivities. Keratin-based materials have been studied for applications such as cell …

Feathers, a byproduct of the poultry industry, have long been considered as a solid waste,
posing a series of environmental and economic problems. However, feather keratin (FK) …

Biocompatible keratin-based hydrogels prepared by electron beam irradiation (EBI) were
examined in wound healing. As the EBI dose increased to 60 kGy, the tensile strength of the …

Since the middle of the past century, when the synthetic fibers began their rise, wool has
steadily lost importance in the textile sector, and now is a marginal fiber on the textiles …