Silk-based biomaterials.

By G. Altman, Frank Diaz, Caroline M. Jakuba, T. Calabro, Rebecca L. Horan, Jingsong Chen, Helen H. Lu, J. Richmond, David Kaplan. Biomaterials, 2003

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The Form and Function of Spider Orb Webs: Evolution from Silk to Ecosystems (2011, background): “Most research on spider silk is motivated not by understanding biology, but rather by the biomimetic potential for development of the ‘next generation’ of fibres for use by the military, industry, and medicine (Altman et al., 2003; Hinman et al., 2000).”
A Review on Biopolymer-Based Fibers via Electrospinning and Solution Blowing and Their Applications (2018, background): “The most vividly characterized silks are from the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, and from spiders Nephilaclavipes and Araneusdiadematuv [216,217] Silkworm silk was deemed to be the best biomedical suture material for centuries.”
Mechanism of silk processing in insects and spiders (2003, positive): “Ultimately these approaches should lead to materials engineering in aqueous systems with desired functional properties, such as for biomaterials and tissue engineerin”
Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations. (2013, background): “Several reviews are published on the fabrication, structure, and the application of silk based biomaterials [2,5,9,10].”