Surgical plates, screws made from pure silk protein offer improved bone remodelling, says expert

‘Another big advantage of silk is that it can stabilise and deliver bioactive components’

A team of investigators from Tufts University School of Engineering, USA, have developed biomedical devices using pure silk protein from silkworm cocoons, for use in place of plates and screws, Tufts University Tissue Engineering and Research Center Director David Kaplan has said. Prof. Kaplan delivered a special lecture in an international conference on: “Sericulture: Molecules and Materials”, jointly organised by GITAM Deemed to be University Seribiotechnology Lab and AP State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (APSSRDI), Hindupur, through the virtual mode.