Silk Hydrogels: Self‐Assembling Doxorubicin Silk Hydrogels for the Focal Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer (Adv. Funct. Mater. 1/2013) | Zendy

Seib F. Philipp | Zendy; Pritchard Eleanor M. | Zendy; Kaplan David L. | Zendy

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Silk Hydrogels: Self‐Assembling Doxorubicin Silk Hydrogels for the Focal Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer (Adv. Funct. Mater. 1/2013)

Author(s) -

Seib F. Philipp,

Pritchard Eleanor M.,

Kaplan David L.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

advanced functional materials

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069

H-Index - 322

eISSN - 1616-3028

pISSN - 1616-301X

DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370006

Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , silk , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer science , drug delivery , doxorubicin , polymer chemistry , composite material , medicine , chemotherapy , surgery

Although silk is an ancient material, it is highly versatile and can be processed into various material formats to accommodate new and emerging applications. On page 58 , David L. Kaplan and co‐workers demonstrate that self‐assembling silk hydrogels can serve as a valuable local delivery platform for cancer research.

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