For centuries, Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibroin has been used as a high-end textile fiber.
Beyond textiles, silk fibroin has also been used as a surgical suture material for decades …

Hydrogels are physically or chemically cross-linked polymer networks that are able to
absorb large amounts of water. They can be classified into different categories depending …

Silk fibroin (SF) and sericin (SS), the two major proteins of silk, are attractive biomaterials
with great potential in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. However, their …

The past decade has seen the rapid development of new strategies for the design of
biodegradable macromolecular compounds, with properly suited architecture and tailored …

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 …

Current fundamental investigations of human biology and the development of therapeutic
drugs commonly rely on 2D monolayer cell culture systems. However, 2D cell culture …

Issues of fossil fuel and plastic pollution are shifting public demand toward biopolymer-
based textiles. For instance, silk, which has been traditionally used during at least 5 …

Electrospun PLGA-based scaffolds have been applied extensively in biomedical
engineering, such as tissue engineering and drug delivery system. Due to lack of the …

In order to reduce the use of non-renewable resources and to minimize the environmental
pollution caused by synthetic materials, the quest for utilizing biomaterials is on a rise …

Electrospinning allows for the preparation of unique matrices with nano-to micrometer sized
fibers using diverse materials and numerous fabrication techniques. A variety of post …