Silk

Silk

Maybe when you think of silk you think of the Silk Route from China, of the cocoons - which by the way I saw I think for the first time in my life last week- and of whatever silk scarfs you have. Interestingly enough this week I'm going to try to assemble silk. Yes, silk. All these years I hasn't realised how biocompatible silk is. After all they use it for sutures, it is no more immunogenic than any synthetic polymer, it forms strong intertwined fibers, and a soft gel. I just started reading about it and it's an exciting material. Monday is coming, I need to prepare for my experiment. For a change, I'd like to see things working.