Tag: silkworm
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
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.......................
Tasar silk can used for biomedical applications, finds study
Recently silk cocoon membrane has also been found to generate electrical current and is being explored for use in biosensors..........