Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

Silk fibroin as sustainable advanced material: material properties and characteristics, processing, and applications

A Reizabal, CM Costa, L Pérez‐Álvarez… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biobased resources are proposed as next‐generation materials for advanced application.
Among them, silk fibroin, a protein‐based material generally obtained from Bombyx mori …

Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for cartilage/osteochondral repair

Z Zhou, J Cui, S Wu, Z Geng, J Su - Theranostics, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease with a high disability rate. In addition, OA not
only causes great physiological and psychological harm to patients, but also puts great …

[HTML][HTML] Injectable hydrogel microspheres in cartilage repair

F Lin, Y Li, W Cui - Biomedical Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The key to regenerative medicine is in situ regeneration of lesion cells, so as to achieve
lesion repair and regeneration. However, the complex environment of the joint cavity where …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun biomimetic nanofibrous scaffolds: a promising prospect for bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

S Anjum, F Rahman, P Pandey, DK Arya… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Skeletal-related disorders such as arthritis, bone cancer, osteosarcoma, and osteoarthritis
are among the most common reasons for mortality in humans at present. Nanostructured …

Electrospinning of nanofibers: Potentials and perspectives for active food packaging

C Zhang, Y Li, P Wang, H Zhang - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospun nanofibers with structural and functional advantages have drawn much
attention due to their potential applications for active food packaging. The traditional role of …

Fiber‐based biopolymer processing as a route toward sustainability

C Li, J Wu, H Shi, Z **a, JK Sahoo, J Yeo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Some of the most abundant biomass on earth is sequestered in fibrous biopolymers like
cellulose, chitin, and silk. These types of natural materials offer unique and striking …

Silk-based advanced materials for soft electronics

C Wang, K **a, Y Zhang, DL Kaplan - Accounts of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Soft bioelectronics that could be integrated with soft and curvilinear biological
tissues/organs have attracted multidisciplinary research interest from material scientists …

A comprehensive review of recent advances in silk sericin: Extraction approaches, structure, biochemical characterization, and biomedical applications

M Saad, LM El-Samad, RA Gomaa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silks are natural polymers that have been widely used for centuries. Silk consists of a
filament core protein, termed fibroin, and a glue-like coating substance formed of sericin …

The next generation of platinum drugs: targeted Pt (II) agents, nanoparticle delivery, and Pt (IV) prodrugs

TC Johnstone, K Suntharalingam, SJ Lippard - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The platinum drugs, cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin, prevail in the treatment of cancer,
but new platinum agents have been very slow to enter the clinic. Recently, however, there …