Artificial Spider Silk Revolutionizes Wound Care with Enhanced Healing Properties
Scientists have developed a synthetic spider silk that can be woven into bandages, showing superior wound healing in mice with osteoarthritis and diabetes.
- Researchers have created artificial spider silk using genetically engineered microbes to produce stable, spinnable silk proteins.
- The silk proteins were enhanced with peptides that mimic amyloid polypeptides, preventing them from sticking together and increasing yield.
- A 3D printer with tiny, hollow needles was used to spin the protein solution into thin strands, mimicking the process of a spider spinning its web.
- The artificial silk was woven into bandages that significantly improved wound healing in mice with osteoarthritis and diabetic skin lesions.
- These biocompatible and biodegradable bandages offer promising future applications in medical treatments, outperforming traditional bandages.
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