Chinese Scientists have introduced an innovative, green alternative to nylon and Kevlar

  • nyhetsjunkie@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    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
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      1 year ago

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 Their silk-producing genes have been replaced by spider silk-producing genes.