Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

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Silk film biomaterials for cornea tissue engineering

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Blueprint for a High-Performance Biomaterial: Full-Length Spider Dragline Silk Genes

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Mechanical Properties of Robust Ultrathin Silk Fibroin Films

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Biodegradable Materials Based on Silk Fibroin and Keratin

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High-strength silk protein scaffolds for bone repair

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Silk Fibroin in Tissue Engineering

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Degradation mechanism and control of silk fibroin

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A new route for silk

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Bone morphogenetic protein‐2 decorated silk fibroin films induce osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells

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Development and evaluation of silk fibroin-based nerve grafts used for peripheral nerve regeneration

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Skin Tissue Engineering for Tissue Repair and Regeneration

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Bone tissue engineering with premineralized silk scaffolds

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The healing of confined critical size cancellous defects in the presence of silk fibroin hydrogel

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Mechanism of enzymatic degradation of beta-sheet crystals

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Silk-based electrospun tubular scaffolds for tissue-engineered vascular grafts

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Anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells and silk scaffold in large animal model

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Novel Genipin-Cross-Linked Chitosan/Silk Fibroin Sponges for Cartilage Engineering Strategies

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Tissue engineering of human bladder

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Stabilization of Enzymes in Silk Films

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Ligament regeneration using a knitted silk scaffold combined with collagen matrix

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Porous silk fibroin 3‐D scaffolds for delivery of bone morphogenetic protein‐2 in vitro and in vivo

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In vivo study of anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells and silk scaffold

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Insulin-like growth factor I releasing silk fibroin scaffolds induce chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells

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Electrospun sulfated silk fibroin nanofibrous scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering

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Potential of 3-D tissue constructs engineered from bovine chondrocytes/silk fibroin-chitosan for in vitro cartilage tissue engineering

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Silk hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering

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Relationships between degradability of silk scaffolds and osteogenesis

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Biomaterial Coatings by Stepwise Deposition of Silk Fibroin

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