![]() ![]() It offers the dormant pupae protection against the predators 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Apart from silk cocoon's use in extracting silk fiber, this complex fibrous protein membranous shell acts as a protective enclosure ensuring successful metamorphosis of the silkworm pupae to silk moth 8, 9, 10. During the last century, silk has found applications in cell culture and tissue engineering (XX-XXI A.D.) 4, 5, 6, 7. ![]() Surgical silk suture were used during last two centuries (XIX-XX A.D.). Spider silk was used by the Greeks and Romans for wound dressing (IX-I B.C.). For centuries, both silkworm cocoon and spider silk has held a unique place in the textile and biomedical industry. Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) and spider silk are insect engineered biomaterials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ![]()
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