It’s like watching a magician pull an endless string of handkerchiefs from their sleeve, except, this time, it’s all science. The base of this wonder material is silk fibroin, a protein extracted from ...
When an aqueous solution of the fibroin of Bombyxmori is acted upon by chymotrypsin, a precipitate is formed 1 through the specific action of the enzyme on the α-carboxyl groups of the tyrosine ...
Silk fibroin and chitosan biomaterials are candidates for biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. This webinar will review the ability of silk fibroin to ...
More information: Xinhua Liang et al, Recent advancements and perspectives on processable natural biopolymers: Cellulose, chitosan, eggshell membrane, and silk fibroin, Science Bulletin (2024).
These sticky fibres, created at the Tufts University Silklab, come from silk moth cocoons, which are boiled in solution and broken down into their building block proteins called fibroin.