New antimicrobial biomaterials based on recombinant spider silks

Spider silk is a protein-based material with exceptional mechanical properties together with low immunogenicity and pyrogenicity which makes it useful in biomedical applications. The cannibalistic and highly territorial nature of most spiders prevents high-density farming; therefore, the availabilit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beinarovica, Jolanta
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/68429/