tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16541549.post8476462475388601389..comments2023-10-30T11:15:38.783+01:00Comments on This14U: Silkworms spinning spider silkAntonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01408638448930696557noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16541549.post-60541321816435724932012-05-14T16:59:16.216+02:002012-05-14T16:59:16.216+02:00Here are links to the future of material science. ...Here are links to the future of material science. A company call Kraig Biocraft is leading the way using transgenic silkworms to produce spider silk in commercial quantities. http://www.kraiglabs.com/<br /><br />Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America January 17, 2012 Issue, Article Titled:<br /> Silkworms Transformed with Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite Silk Fibers with Improved Mechanical Properties.<br />http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/02/1109420109.abstract<br /> <br />Spider Silk Potential Unleashed:<br /> http://www.textileworld.com/Articles/2012/January/Jan-Feb_issue/Departments/QFOM_Spider_Silk.html<br /> <br />6 Spider-Silk Super Powers:<br /> http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/6-spider-silk-superpowers#slide-1<br /> <br /><br /><br />Published by MIT<br /> <br />Transgenic Worms Make Tough Fibers:<br />http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/26623/page1/<br /> <br /><br /><br />Silk Spinning The Genetically Modified Way:<br /> www.labnews.co.uk/features/silk-spinning-the-genetically-modified-way/<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />New Lab and Military Contracts: http://www.kraiglabs.com/Confrence%20call%202012-03-30_0350PM%20mp3.mp3Spider Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557719568347077171noreply@blogger.com