title: Sows' ears, silk purses and goats' milk: new production methods and medical applications for silk.
abstract: Silk is a good example of a self-assembled natural material with attractive characteristics. Attempts are now being made to produce recombinant forms, through transgenic animals, that have potential in a number of medical technologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Engineering, University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified / Q000378:metabolism*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D012831:Bombyx / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005349:Fibroins; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D047011:Silk; D013112:Spiders / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019476:Insect Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D047011:Silk; C076815:spidroin 2; D005349:Fibroins