Silk infused performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, leather, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products, textiles, and upholstery, as well as other materials, exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties, resistance to microbial growth, increased abrasion resistance, and flame resistance.

A natural fabric or textile product is coated and protected with a waterproofing composition comprising a crosslinking polyvinyl acetate (XPVAc or x-PVAc) emulsion polymer or adhesive applied and cured as a first coating layer or a primer and a coating layer of acrylic, alkyd, asphalt, emulsion polymer isocyanate, epoxy, lacquer, latex, polyurethane, urethane, or vinyl ester coated over the cured crosslinking polyvinyl acetate as a second coating layer or a topcoat. The natural fabric product is fabricated by weaving, knitting or felting the fibers, yarns or threads of vegetable or plant fibers from cotton, sisal, kenaf, hemp, jute, flax, reed, sugarcane, ramie, henequen, raffia, nettle, milkweeds, palm, coir, grass, Spanish moss, New Zealand flax, kapok, sugarcane, bamboo, or wood, or those of the protein fibers from wool, silk, spider threads, sea silk, or the combination thereof.

Sustained release drug delivery devices including scaffolds comprising combinations of anti-connexin, anti-gap junction, anti-hemichannel and/or other agents, for example, anti-connexin 26 and anti-connexin 43 polynucleotides or peptidomimetics, uses therefor, and kits comprising sustained release scaffold.

The disclosure describes methods of making high-strength NDGA collagen and associated methods of preparing collagen preparatory material and medical bioprostheses.

The disclosure describes methods of making high-strength NDGA collagen and associated methods of preparing collagen preparatory material and medical bioprostheses.

Silk infused performance apparel and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, leather, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin based protein fragments. In some embodiments, coated apparel products, textiles, and upholstery, as well as other materials, exhibit surprisingly improved moisture management properties, resistance to microbial growth, increased abrasion resistance, and flame resistance.

A fiber-treating agent which improves water resistance and heat resistance problematic in naturally derived fibers, imparts heat shape memory ability, improves stretchability (tenacity) and the feel of the surfaces, and causes no coloring of naturally derived fibers. The fiber-treating agent contains the following components (A) and (B): (A): a compound having a hydrogen bond term H in Hansen solubility parameter of 18.3 MPa.sup.1/2 or less, and having at least one of a carboxy group or a salt thereof, and no fused ring; and (B): water.

A fiber-treating agent which improves the water resistance and the heat resistance, imparts heat shape memory ability, and also improves the stretchability and the feel of the surface of a fiber. The fiber-treating agent is a one-part type fiber-treating agent formed of a single composition or a multiple-part type fiber-treating agent formed of a plurality of compositions and comprises the following components (A) to (C) in a total composition: (A): an aromatic compound having one or more vinyl groups or vinylidene groups, and a coordinating functional group; (B): a radical initiator; and (C): water.