Researchers use the silkworm to shape muscle tissue
Traditional cell cultures are two-dimensional and unreliable: a new muscle tissue built using silk promises to give us a credible model.
Traditional cell cultures are two-dimensional and unreliable: a new muscle tissue built using silk promises to give us a credible model.
The artificial muscles developed by the Linköping University team are made of polymeric material into which enzymes have been introduced: a solution of oxygen and glucose in water powers the actuators, just as happens in human muscles.
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