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Modified silkworms create spider silk
December 1st, 2023
Spider silk fibers produced by genetically modified silkworms. Image: Donghua University/Junpeng Mi Production of spider silk on a commercial scale may soon be possible. Chinese scientists recently synthesized full-length fibers thanks to genetically modified silkworms. Spider silk is known for both its tensile strength and fiber toughness, and the researchers are “challenging the conventional notion […]