Biotechnology of Silk (2014) (Biologically-Inspired Systems #5)

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Synopsis
This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry. The field encompasses backyard silk production from ancient time to industrial methods in the modern era and includes an example of efforts to maintain silk production on Madagascar. Once revered as worth its weight in gold, silk has captured the imagination from its mythical origins onwards. The latest methods in molecular biology have opened new descriptions of the underlying properties of silk. Advances in technological innovation have created silk production by microbes as the latest breakthrough in the saga of silk research and development. The application of silk to biomaterials is now very active on the basis of excellent properties of silks including recombinant silks for biomaterials and the accumulated structural information.
Copyright:
2014

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9789400771192
Related ISBNs:
9789400771185
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Technology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Tetsuo Asakura
Edited by:
Thomas Miller

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