From silk cocoon medical miracle. Scientists are crafting arteries, ligaments, circuitry and holograms from worm yarn.

Scientific American

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 76-77

  Omenetto, Fiorenzo ^a   Kaplan, David ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SILK; SILKWORM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BOMBYX; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78349273181     PISSN: 00368733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican1110-76     Document Type: Article

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