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Researchers use silkworm silk to model muscle tissue
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Researchers use silkworm silk to model muscle tissue

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SILK FIBERS ARE WOUND AROUND AN ACRYLIC CHASSIS TO PRODUCE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE DEVICE. SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS GROWN ON SILKWORM SILK PROVED TO MORE CLOSELY MIMIC HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE THAN THOSE GROWN ON THE USUAL PLASTIC SURFACE. CREDIT: MATT JENSEN News Release — LOGAN, UT — Mar. 9, 2021 — Researchers at...