TOKYO: Japanese scientists have developed through genetic engineering
using genes from spiders and silkworms a super resistant silk which
could be used for textiles as well as in the surgical field, media
reported on Friday.
Known as "Spider Silk", which is stronger and smoother than conventional silk, it has been developed by researchers at Shinshu University, the Asahi daily newspaper reported.
Masao Nakagaki from the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology was the first person, in 2007, to implant spider genes in silkworms, resulting in the production of silk which had some components of spider webs.
Known as "Spider Silk", which is stronger and smoother than conventional silk, it has been developed by researchers at Shinshu University, the Asahi daily newspaper reported.
Masao Nakagaki from the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology was the first person, in 2007, to implant spider genes in silkworms, resulting in the production of silk which had some components of spider webs.
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