Feeding Alginate-Coated Liquid Metal Nanodroplets to Silkworms for Highly Stretchable Silk Fibers
Nanomaterials, 2022 In this study, we fed the larval of Bombyx mori silkworms with nanodroplets of liquid metal (LM) coated with microgels of marine polysaccharides to obtain stretchable silk.
Zhong-Feng Gao +5 more
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Regionalization of gene expression and cell types in the silk glands of Plodia pantry moths [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Lepidopteran silk glands purportedly include a posterior silk gland (PSG) that secretes core fibers and a middle silk gland (MSG) that secretes adhesive sericins. While well-studied in the silkworm, little is known about other silk glands. Here,
Jasmine D. Alqassar +4 more
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Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Activity of Nanostructured Lipid Carrier Systems for Fatty Acid Amides and Silk Fibroins in Breast Cancer Cell Lines [PDF]
MoleculesBreast cancer, a highly prevalent malignancy among women, continues to pose a significant global health challenge, as conventional therapies are often limited by adverse effects.
Sandro da Silva Borges +8 more
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Protein-Based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems
Pharmaceutics, 2020 Nanoparticles have been extensively used as carriers for the delivery of chemicals and biomolecular drugs, such as anticancer drugs and therapeutic proteins.
Seyoung Hong +5 more
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Characterization and comparative analysis of sericin protein 150 in Bombyx mori [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLepidopteran silk is a complex mixture of proteins, consisting mainly of fibroins and sericins. Sericins are a small family of highly divergent proteins that serve as adhesives and coatings for silk fibers.
Bulah Chia-hsiang Wu +3 more
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Study of Nanofibrils Formation of Fibroin Protein in Specific Thermal and Acidity Conditions [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2020 Background: Amyloid fibrils are insoluble arranged aggregates of proteins that are fibrillar in structure and related to many diseases (at least 20 types of illnesses) and also create many pathologic conditions.
M Ahrami, M Khatami, H Heli
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Silk and its composites for humidity and gas sensing applications
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural protein largely used in the textile industry with applications in bio-medicine, catalysis as well as in sensing materials.
Shubhanth Jain +6 more
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Porous Carbon Composite Generated from Silk Fibroins and Graphene for Supercapacitors
ACS Omega, 2022 Hierarchical porous heteroatom-doped carbon composites were developed by carbonization followed by KOH activation process, with natural silkworm cocoon and chemical exfoliated graphene sheets as starting materials.
Lin Zhou +4 more
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Evolutionary Divergence of Lepidopteran and Trichopteran Fibroins
, 2013 Kenji Yukuhiro +2 more
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Silk fibroin supraparticles created by the evaporation of colloidal Ouzo droplets
AIP Advances, 2021 Due to its high biocompatibility and biodegradability, supraparticles made from silk fibroin—produced from Bombyx mori (B. mori) cocoons—can find various applications in biomedical fields.
Ashley Lamb +3 more
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