Bioapplication of Silk Fibroin

Fiber Ligament tissue Altman et al. (2002) Chen et al. (2003) Moreau et al. (2005) 

Twisted silk rope Ligament tissue Altman et al. (2003) 

As the coating protein of cocoon silk, sericin is proposed for bioapplications, although it has been reported to cause hypersensitivity (Altman et al., 2003). It is suggested that sericin could suppress the development of colon tumor by reducing cell proliferation and nitric acid production (Zhaorigetu, 

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