Spider silk fibers can be a frame for the cultivation of artificial skin. This documented the group of scientists under leadership of Hanna Wendt. She published results of their work in the renowned online journal PLoS ONE. Silk fibers from the african spider category Nephila were produced with a special technique. These fibers are very strong, stretchable and are well accepted by human body. On this frame two kinds of cells were cultivated, in two overlying layers. The result is very similar to natural human skin. This live artificial skin substitute can be used for treatment of combustion wounds and for treatment of difficult healing wounds.
Source: Wend H. et al.(2011),
Artificial Skin – Culturing of Different Skin Cell Lines for Generating an Artificial Skin Substitute on Cross-Weaved Spider Silk Fibres. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21833. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021833
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