Using silkworms as a laboratory animal to evaluate medicines and foods

Drug Discov Ther. 2016 Feb;10(1):1-2. doi: 10.5582/ddt.2016.01018.

Abstract

For this special issue, we, the Editors of Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics, have asked researchers who are using silkworms to actively develop drugs and study foods to summarize their recent work. Our profound hope is that this special issue encourages researchers who are helping to develop the new field of "using silkworms as a laboratory animal to evaluate medicines and foods".

Publication types

  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bombyx / drug effects*
  • Bombyx / embryology
  • Bombyx / immunology
  • Bombyx / metabolism
  • Dietary Supplements*
  • Drug Discovery / methods*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Models, Animal