Silk Fibroin Wound Dressings Sierra Obi April 1, 2013 Used for Regenerative Healing Therapies
Cutaneous Wounds Include severe burns, animal bites, skin tears There are numerous wound dressing biomaterials on the market today Tested against an air permeable and a commercial wound dressing product
Silk Fibroin Promising biomaterial Versatile for various biomedical healing applications Mechanical robustness Controllable degradability Safe in acute dermal toxicity
How They Work Silk Fibroin derivative is tested on a full thickness skin wound model or an in vitro human skin model controlled release of signaling molecules Addition of in vivo epidermal growth factor and silver sulfadiazine
Wound Healing Model
Relationship of Wound Size
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