Tag: Silk
India’s indigenous medtech innovation, FIBROPLUG proves its mettle in emergency battlefield...
The country's first patented silk-chitosan composite hemostatic sponge was jointly developed by Fibroheal Woundcare an innovative Indian medtech startup and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Fibroheal raises Rs 6.3 crore funding in Pre Series A round
The company intends to scale up its go to market, recruit more people, invest in their future robust pipeline of products in medical devices area
Sericulture in India: The Past, Present and Future
The cultivation of silkworms for the production of silk has a long history in India and continues to be an important industry
BioVoice eMagazine August 2023 | Issue 8 | Volume 4
The current issue discusses both approved and pending bills related to bioscience sector in the Parliament. It features the power-packed interviews with Krishna Mohan Puvvada, Vice President, Novozymes-South Asia; Dr Radha Rangarajan, Director, Central Drug Research Institute; Vikram Thaploo, CEO-Telehealth, Apollo Hospitals; and Vaibhav Tewari, Co-founder & CEO, Portea Medical.
Serigen Mediproducts raises Rs 5.8 crore in seed funding round
The Pune based company plans to use the seed funding round of Rs 5.8 crore to grow its business and rapidly scale its manufacturing and sales operations
Fibroheal raises debt funding of US$ 1 million from BIRAC &...
Fibroheal intends to scale up its go to market capabilities, recruit more people onboard and create an impact through the economic multiplier potential of Silk Protein and healing different types of wounds
Fibroheal receives investment support from KITVEN Fund
Founded in 2017, Fibroheal focuses on wound care management using silk and silk proteins. It expects to use the funding to step up its manufacturing capabilities, among others...................
This silk protein can help make beauty & skincare products
The research group at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, which has been working on different aspects of sericin, have developed new methods for extraction of sericin isolates and from different varieties of silkworms and have studied properties of resulting sericin.......................
Govt implements new schemes to boost silk sector
The objective of new projects worth more than INR 2000 crore is to establish sericulture as a viable commercial activity by creating necessary infrastructure and imparting skills to the locals for silkworm rearing.....................
Implantable silk mat developed to speed up bone healing
Researchers now plan animal trials in which silk mats will be implanted in goats and sheep to see if it helps to enhance the pace of healing injured joints and to evaluate safety............