Silk fibroin and ceramic scaffolds: Comparative in vitro studies for bone regeneration

• Main Authors: Rucha Deshpande (Author), Swati Shukla (Author), Raeesa Sayyad (Author), Shalmali Salunke (Author), Anuya Nisal (Author), Premnath Venugopalan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Synthetic bone void fillers based on calcium ceramics are used to fill cavities in the bone and promote bone regeneration. More recently, silk fibroin (SF), a protein polymer obtained from Bombyx mori silkworm, has emerged as a promising material in bone void filling. In this work, we have...