1. Silk Fibroin Wound Dressings
Sierra Obi
April 1, 2013
Used for Regenerative Healing Therapies

2. 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

3. Silk Fibroin Promising biomaterial
Versatile for various biomedical healing applications
Mechanical robustness
Controllable degradability
Safe in acute dermal toxicity

4. 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

5. Wound Healing Model

6. Relationship of Wound Size

7. References
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