Silks are fibrous proteins with remarkable mechanical properties produced in fiber form by
silkworms and spiders. Silk fibers in the form of sutures have been used for centuries …

Silks are naturally occurring polymers that have been used clinically as sutures for centuries.
When naturally extruded from insects or worms, silk is composed of a filament core protein …

Biomaterials based upon elastin and elastin-derived molecules are increasingly
investigated for their application in tissue engineering. This interest is fuelled by the …

An increasing number of non-viral vectors are being developed for the use of gene delivery
nowadays, among which cationic polymers and lipoplexes receive most attention. Most of …

Silk from the Bombyx mori silkworm is a protein-based fiber. Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) is
one of the most important candidates for biomedical porous material based on its superior …

Most current applications of biomaterials involve structural functions, even in those organs
and systems that are not primarily structural in their nature, or very simple chemical or …

Environmentally responsive nanoassemblies based on polypeptides and nanoparticles can
have a number of promising biological/biomedical applications. We report the generation of …

Recombinant silk-elastin-like protein polymers (SELPs) are well-known for their highly
tunable properties on both the molecular and macroscopic hydrogel levels. One specific …

We developed a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based biodegradable hydrogel through disulfide
crosslinking of polyethylene oxide sulfide (PEOS). The crosslinking rate was highly …

Silk–elastinlike protein polymers (SELPs) of varying ratios and lengths of silk and elastin
blocks capable of hydrogel formation were evaluated as matrices for controlled delivery of …