SILK AS BIOMATERIAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24867/23RB01JovicKeywords:
biomaterials, silk, regenerative medicine, tensile strengthAbstract
Numerous biomaterials and medical devices are commonly used today as prosthetic devices in dental, orthopedic, cardiovascular, ophthalmic, and reconstructive surgery. They are also successfully used in interventions, such as angioplasty (stents) and hemodialysis (membranes), for surgical sutures or bioadhesives, but also as devices for the controlled release of drugs. This paper describes the role of silk in biomedicine and examines the tensile strength of silk surgical thread.
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[5] Florence Teuléa,, Yun-Gen Miao, Bong-Hee Sohn, Young-Soo Kim, J. Joe Hulla, Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr., Randolph V. Lewis, Donald L. Jarvis, Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spidersilk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109(3):923-928
[6] Somasundaram P., Raymond C.: Unraveling the mechanical strength of biomaterials used as a bone scaffold in oral and maxillofacial defects, Oral Science International, Vol 15, pages 48-55, 2018
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2023-08-03
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Biomedical Engineering
