Silk as a Biomaterial.

By Charu Vepari, David Kaplan. Progress in polymer science, 2007

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Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security (2014, background): “its function as a tool for new materials engineering and its thermal stability are only a few of the features that make it a promising material for many clinical functions (Vepari and Kaplan, 2007).”
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