Study on the processing of silk biomaterial and its application in tissue engineering
- VernacularTitle:丝生物材料处理及其在组织工程中应用研究现状
- Author:
Liang MA
;
Hong WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Silk;
Fibroin;
Biomaterial;
Tissue engineering;
Scaffold
- From:
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2008;31(3):188-191
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Silk fiber,as a kind of natural polymer,has been used as surgical sutures in clinic for years.Silk fiber is composed of a filament core protein,termed fibroin and a glue-like coating called sericin proteins.Due to its unique mechanical properties,good biocompatibility and slow degradability,silk fiber has been put in variety of applications as a new kind of biomedical scaffolds in recent years.With the development of the processing technique,silk fiber can be processed through the new versatile processing method to form various forms of scaffolds and its surface could be modified for different purposes.Further more,it could be tailored through genetic recombination to form the silk fibroin-like polymers which has a promising potential in medical applications.
