journal article·2026-04-29

Silk-based drug delivery systems: Advances, challenges, and future perspectives

Heybet Kerem Polat, Yasin Turanlı, Emre Tuncel, Nihat Kurt

Bulletin of Materials Science· Volume 49· Issue 2
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