Stem cell-based tissue engineering with silk biomaterials.

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Critical factors on manufacturing processes of natural fibre composites (2012, background): “Moreover, silk has been exploited as a scaffold biomaterial for cell culture and tissue engineering in vitro and in vivo [78].”
Engineering cartilage tissue. (2008, methodology): “To date, numerous materials have been used to fabricate sponge scaffolds, including poly (α-hydroxy esters) [152,153], alginate [154], polyglactin/polydioxanone [155], chitosan [156–158], silk fibroin [76,77,159,160], HA [84,111], collagen [161] and gelatin [84,158,162].”
Fiber-Based Tissue Engineering: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (2012, methodology): “Recently, combination of silk fibroin and stem cells are being increasingly used for fiber-based regeneration therapy and artificial tissue construct (Wang et al., 2006b).”
Biodegradation of Silk Biomaterials (2009, background): “The former blocks lead to β-sheets or crystals through hydrogen bonding [14].”