GENET-news articles on GE silk
2010-10-01 | permalink
Researchers: GE silkworms make artificial spider silk
Biologists have inserted spider genes into silkworms, allowing them to produce strong, elastic threads that may be used to make sutures and wound-healing bandages as well as bulletproof vests and lightweight fabrics, researchers said Wednesday. [...] ”It’s very difficult to get spiders to make a whole lot of silk. They usually don’t make very large quantities,” Fraser said at a news conference at Notre Dame. ”For the first time it’s possible to make spider silk commercially usable.”
- Business Week, USA: Researchers: Silkworms make artificial spider silk
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia: Senators to join protest
- University of Notre Dame, USA: Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, USA: University of Notre Dame and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories create artificial spider silk breakthrough
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2010-10-01 | permalink
Researchers: GE silkworms make artificial spider silk
Biologists have inserted spider genes into silkworms, allowing them to produce strong, elastic threads that may be used to make sutures and wound-healing bandages as well as bulletproof vests and lightweight fabrics, researchers said Wednesday. [...] ”It’s very difficult to get spiders to make a whole lot of silk. They usually don’t make very large quantities,” Fraser said at a news conference at Notre Dame. ”For the first time it’s possible to make spider silk commercially usable.”
- Business Week, USA: Researchers: Silkworms make artificial spider silk
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia: Senators to join protest
- University of Notre Dame, USA: Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, USA: University of Notre Dame and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories create artificial spider silk breakthrough
