Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, researchers modified the DNA of silkworms so that their silk-producing glands would instead create spider silk.
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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?
I'm excited for companies to never utilize this indestructible fabric in things like clothes and socks, backpacks, straps, and anything else that tends to break or fray.