Abstract
Silk has fascinated humans since ancient times; silk fibres have been used in textiles for more than 5,000 years and for many centuries as a suturing material (Lubec, Holbaubek et al. 1993, Omenetto and Kaplan 2010). The remarkable strength and toughness of silk stems from its evolution as a structural engineering material in nature (Vollrath and Porter 2009, Buehler 2013). Silk is a sustainable and ecologically benign biopolymer that can be manufactured using
green processes (Vollrath and Porter 2009). Over the past 25 years, we have seen a tremendous development of both bottom-up and top-down approaches for the generation of silk biopolymers.
green processes (Vollrath and Porter 2009). Over the past 25 years, we have seen a tremendous development of both bottom-up and top-down approaches for the generation of silk biopolymers.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Hydrogels |
| Subtitle of host publication | Design, Synthesis & Application in Drug Delivery & Regenerative Medicine |
| Editors | Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Garry Laverty, Ryan Donnelly |
| Pages | 208-227 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- silk hydrogels
- drug delivery
- gelation
- biopharmaceuticals
- drug release
- stem cell delivery
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Seib, F. P. (2017). Silk hydrogels for drug and cell delivery. In T. R. R. Singh, G. Laverty, & R. Donnelly (Eds.), Hydrogels: Design, Synthesis & Application in Drug Delivery & Regenerative Medicine (pp. 208-227)