Silk fibroin hydrogels and uses thereof
The present specification provides for methods for purifying fibroins, purified fibroins, methods of conjugating biological and synthetic molecules to fibroins, fibroins conjugated to such molecules, methods of making fibroin hydrogels, fibroin hydrogels and fibroin hydrogel formulations useful for a variety of medical uses, including, without limitation uses as bulking agents, tissue space fillers, templates for tissue reconstruction or regeneration, cell culture scaffolds for tissue engineering and for disease models, surface coating to improve medical device function, or drug delivery devices.
Allergan, Inc.
A C A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
A61F C08B A61K A61L A61L A61L A61K A61P A61P A61K A61Q A61P A61L A61K A61P A61P A61K
inventional inventional inventional inventional inventional additional inventional inventional inventional inventional inventional inventional inventional additional inventional inventional additional
Adam L. Jingsong Rebecca L. Gregory H.
Collette Chen Horan Altman