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Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Bobo@lemm.ee to c/science@beehaw.org
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Chinese Scientists have introduced an innovative, green alternative to nylon and Kevlar

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[–] nyhetsjunkie@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it spider silk though? Can't have gene edited spider silk without gene edited spiders. This is gene edited silkworm silk. Or am I missing something about silk?

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Yes, it’s spider silk. These silkworms are transgenic. Their silk-producing genes have been replaced by spider silk-producing genes.