Repair of bone defects is a time-consuming, self-healing process based on tissue modeling
and remodeling. However, the capacity of this method is limited, especially for critical-sized …

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 …

Across complex, multi-time and-length scale biological systems, redundancy confers
robustness and resilience, enabling adaptation and increasing survival under dynamic …

The worldwide incidence of bone disorders and conditions has trended steeply upward and
is expected to double by 2020, especially in populations where aging is coupled with …

Tissue engineering has emerged at the intersection of numerous disciplines to meet a
global clinical need for technologies to promote the regeneration of functional living tissues …

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 …

Abstract 3D printing technique is the most sophisticated technique to produce scaffolds with
tailorable physical properties. But, these scaffolds often suffer from limited biological …

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

This review addresses the use of silk protein as a sustainable material in optics and
photonics, electronics and optoelectronic applications. These options represent additional …

The fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine aim at promoting the
regeneration of tissues or replacing failing or malfunctioning organs, by means of combining …