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Novel Liquid Wire… An inspiration from spiders’ web

Scientists from the University of Oxford, UK and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France worked on spider silk and published paper in Proceeding of National Academy of Science on 16^th May 2016.

They studied the properties of spiders’ webs in context to subtle balance between fiber elasticity as well as droplet surface tension and used it to create composite fibers in the laboratory which, just like the spider's capture silk, extend like a solid and compress like a liquid. These novel insights may lead to new bio-inspired technology.

Journal Reference: Hervé Elettro, Sébastien Neukirch, Fritz Vollrath, and Arnaud Antkowiak. In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid–liquid mechanical properties. PNAS, 2016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602451113

Article on Science Daily: "Scientists create novel 'liquid wire' material inspired by spiders'capture silk: Secret of always-taut spider threads inspires new material."ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 May 2016.

Details for the University site: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-05-16-scientists-create-novel-liquid-wire-material-inspired-spiders-capture-silk

Watch a video showing the technique here: https://youtu.be/Ofe1X2duH3s

કરોળિયાનાં જાળાં પર હ્રદયનાં સ્નાયુઓનું સંવર્ધન

મોસ્કો ઇન્સ્ટીટ્યુટ ઓફ ફીઝીક્સ એન્ડ ટેક્નોલોજીનાં સંશોધકો દ્વારા 10 એપ્રિલ 2015 નાં PLOS ONE માં પ્રકાશિત થયેલાં સંશોધનમાં જણાવ્યા મુજબ, કરોળિયાનાં જાળામાં રહેલું પ્રોટીન સ્પાઇડ્રોઇન છે તે હ્રદયનાં સ્નાયુઓને પ્રયોગશાળામાં પેશી સંવર્ધન માટે શ્રેષ્ઠ સંવર્ધક તરીકે ઉપયોગી બને તેમ છે. વૈજ્ઞાનિકોએ જનીન ઈજનેરી દ્વારા વિકસવેલી યીસ્ટ (એક જાતની ફુગ) નાં કોષોનો ઉપયોગ કરીને સ્પાઇડ્રોઇન મેળવ્યું અને પ્રયોગશાળામાં તેના પર હ્રદયનાં સ્નાયુઓ વિકસાવ્યા. પ્રયોગશાળામાં વિકસાવવામાં આવેલાં આ સ્નાયુઓ હ્રદયનાં મૂળ સ્નાયુઓની માફક જ કામ કરે છે.

 Link to original research paper: Plos ONE

Link to press release by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: MIPT researchers grow heart tissue on spider silk

Link toarticle in science daily: Cardiac tissue grown on 'spider silk' substrate

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Spidroin, a spider web protein, for growing Heart Muscle

According to research published in Plos one on 10 April, 2015 by researchers for Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, protein from the spider web, commonly known as spidroin are proven to be the best substrate for growing heart muscle in laboratory. They got spidroin by using genetically modified yeast cells. These lab grown cardiac muscles are functioning like normal cardiac muscles.

Link to original research paper: Plos ONE

Link to press release by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology: MIPT researchers grow heart tissue on spider silk

Link toarticle in science daily: Cardiac tissue grown on 'spider silk' substrate

 

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