Kiara G. -- Hanna Wendt, A tissue engineer of Germany has found a new material to use for burn victims that need new skin. The new skin can be developed by spider dragline silk. Spider dragline silk is 5 times stronger then collagen, which is the most common used material to make innovative skin.“ Spider silk displays excellent mechanical features,”. Though spider silk is a great material to use, its not realistic to use due to a low abundance of it.
Spider dragline silk seems like it could be a new advancement for the future. Just think of how engineers can use it to build people new arms, toes or fingers. It is a coincidence that this article has come out because just recently a victim who was attacked by a chimpanzee a couple of years ago was seen with a new transplanted face. It has not been said what kind of material was used but it would be very amazing if the dragline silk was used to reconstruct her face. It seems that nature has cures for all of our medical problems and we just have to look for them.
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