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These scientists want to give patients medicines wrapped in silk
Currently, EngineLife’s farm produces around 25-30 kilograms of silk cocoon annually ... are delivered externally via a small patch on the skin; and hydrogel made using silk fibroin, which ...
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The amount of work that goes into creating silk makes it so expensive
The silkworms spin this filament into a cocoon. Then the caterpillar ... It's also easily dyed and doesn't cause skin irritation. So what do you think? Is silk worth the cost?
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Why silk is so expensive
Silkworms spin cocoons that silk producers eventually unravel and ... It's also easily dyed and doesn't cause skin irritation. So what do you think? Is silk worth the cost?
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How mountains of worm cocoons are turned into expensive silk in Vietnam
They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more ...