Journal Pre-proof Biomimetic silk fibroin and xanthan gum blended hydrogels for connective tissue regeneration Prasanna Kumar Byram, Krishna Chaitanaya, Anwesha Barik, Manish Kaushal, Santanu Dhara, Nishant Chakravorty PII: S0141-8130(20)34592-X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.09.231 Reference: BIOMAC 16861 To appear in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Received date: 29 July 2020 Revised date: 19 September 2020 Accepted date: 25 September 2020 Please cite this article as: P.K. Byram, K. Chaitanaya, A. Barik, et al., Biomimetic silk fibroin and xanthan gum blended hydrogels for connective tissue regeneration, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.ijbiomac.2020.09.231 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2018 Published by Elsevier.