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11 November 20255 November 2025

Biomaterials that go bump in the night

Spiders, hagfish, semi-alive robots, and the blackest blacks: here are the spookiest biomaterials around

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10 September 20254 September 2025

The key to bringing spider silk to market: Genetically modified silkworms

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories could produce up to 10 metric tons of spider silk annually at its new facility in Vietnam - thanks to its genetic leap with Darwin’s bark spider DNA

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21 August 202518 August 2025

Biomaterials enter the space age

Biomaterials could support safer and more sustainable space travel

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22 January 202517 January 2025

Spider silk

Spider silk could very much be a solution for the environmental problems of the fashion industry - but nevertheless many companies have either dropped out or completely eliminated spiders from their marketing

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12 December 20249 December 2024

The Department of Defense in the US bioeconomy

We look at the reasons for its interest in biomaterials and how it reached its pre-eminent position in the US biobased ecosystem

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7 November 20242 November 2024

AMSilk Announces Successful Partnership Negotiation with Ajinomoto for Industrial Fermentation

This partnership marks a significant step for AMSilk as it rapidly progresses towards becoming a commercial supplier of spider silk-based proteins

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11 July 20245 July 2024

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Expands Facilities to Support Spider Silk Production Growth

Construction for both investments has begun, with the first project expected to be completed within just a few weeks and the larger effort is scheduled to be completed by early fall

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25 June 202418 June 2024

Insect wings, bodies, and brains in bio-inspired design

Researchers are building materials inspired by natural innovations to solve a wide set of problems like antibiotic resistance and unsustainable packaging

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14 June 202410 June 2024

Spider-silk-inspired strong and tough hydrogel fibers with anti-freezing and water retention properties

Researchers from the South China University of Technology developed bionic hydrogel fibers with elaborated ionic crosslinking and crystalline domains

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12 June 20245 June 2024

Gene-edited protein fibre rival plastics on performance

Like plastics, proteins are a kind of polymer called polyamide. All proteins consist of repeating amino-acid units, different arrangements of which result in quite different properties

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15 March 202411 March 2024

Collaboration between BRAIN Biotech and AMSilk: Protein engineering successfully improves structural proteins for performance materials

Both companies pursue a common strategic goal: of building a more sustainable future through bio-based solutions in the textile industry

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5 February 202431 January 2024

Look out Spider-Man: naturalistic silk spun from artificial spider gland

Researchers led by Keiji Numata at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan, along with colleagues from the RIKEN Pioneering Research Cluster, have succeeded in creating a device that spins artificial spider silk that closely matches what spiders naturally produce

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30 January 202422 January 2024

AMSilk and 21st.BIO announce partnership to accelerate the production of advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins

21st.BIO has developed a new protein production strain created from highly specialized precision fermented microorganisms, ensuring that AMSilk can meet demand as it increases production to industrial scale

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28 September 202327 September 2023

High-strength and ultra-tough whole spider silk fibers spun from transgenic silkworms

Unraveled the fundamental factors governing material toughness and strength

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13 February 20238 February 2023

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Delivers the First Two Hybrid Dragon Silk Silkworm Strains for Commercial Production

New lines are the first of several planned silkworm strains in the hybridization program, which are explicitly designed to increase robustness and cocoon size

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19 April 202212 April 2022

Production of bio-fabricated silk up to 6 tons

Based on its scalable biotechnological platform and a best-in-class patent portfolio, AMSilk can provide large quantities of premium bio-fabricated silk materials in constant quality

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13 April 20228 April 2022

Seevix replicates spider silk to produce high performance products

The company, co-founded in 2014 as ​​a spin-off from the Technology Transfer Branch of Hebrew University, manufactures SVX, a biopolymer material, which was created and patented based on its genetic code

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7 April 20221 April 2022

TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Announces Finalists for Thin-Film Plastic Alternatives Competition

The only global competition focused exclusively on creating scalable and biologically degradable alternatives to thin-film plastic polybags

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1 October 20211 October 2021

3D BioFibR Inc. Raises New Capital to Scale Up Manufacturing in an Oversubscribed Round

Biofibre manufacturing company has raised over $700,000 which will be used to scale-up manufacturing capabilities of their collagen and spider silk fibres

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23 August 202118 August 2021

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Completes Transition of Production Operations to Custom Designed Silk Rearing Facility

Kraig Labs takes possession of silkworm rearing and breeding facility in the heart of Vietnamese agriculture district

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories provides Spider Silk Production Update

The Company’s technology was designed to be a direct drop-in for traditional silk production systems and operations at Prodigy have demonstrated that its specialized silkworms can be easily raised using traditional methods

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21 July 202116 July 2021

Spider-Inspired Silk Company, Spintex, Awarded $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize

By mimicking how a spider spins silk at room temperature, Spintex creates high performance, sustainable textiles that are 1,000 times more efficient than an equivalent synthetic fiber

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18 June 202116 June 2021

‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics

Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products

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22 September 202017 September 2020

Preventing infection, facilitating healing: Bayreuth researchers develop new biomaterials from spider silk

Nanostructured materials prevent colonization by bacteria and fungi, but at the same time proactively assist in the regeneration of human tissue

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2 March 202027 February 2020

5 Minutes With…David Lips from Spiber

Bio Market Insights’ Liz Gyekye caught up with David Lips, R&D and business development researcher at Spiber

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10 December 20196 December 2019

Untangling the secrets of worm and spider silks

Scientists have discovered that silk can withstand space-cold temperatures. Their findings could help develop new materials for low-temperature and high-impact applications

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8 November 20195 November 2019

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Spider Silk Facility to Break Corporate Production capacity Records within First Months of Operation

The company uses transgenic spider silkworms to produce an ecofriendly and cost-effective alternative to synthetic textiles

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4 October 20191 October 2019

Spider silk: A malleable protein provides reinforcement

Why are the lightweight silk threads of web spiders tougher than most other materials?

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23 September 201918 September 2019

Combination of wood fibres and spider silk could rival plastic

VTT researchers have succeeded in a truly new bio-based material by gluing together wood cellulose fibres and the silk protein found in spider web threads

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7 June 20194 June 2019

The world’s most beautiful headphones are here, and they’re made of fungus

And other biomaterials such as bacteria and biosynthetic spider silk

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9 May 20196 May 2019

Polartec and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories to Bring First Spider Silk Fabrics to the Performance Apparel Market

In joint development since 2016, Polartec and Kraig are applying the performance characteristics of spider silk into yarns for military-grade textiles

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14 December 201812 December 2018

Molecular insights into spider silk

Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibres in nature

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20 November 201815 November 2018

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories begins scale up of second generation Dragon Silk

New material was specially designed at Kraig Labs’ Michigan research headquarters for application in protective textiles

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7 November 20186 November 2018

ASU team unravels key mysteries of spider silk

Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin

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28 September 201828 September 2018

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories accelerates development of new recombinant Spider Silk Fibers

What previously took an entire day to complete can now be done in a matter of minutes

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27 August 201822 August 2018

Bigger proteins, stronger threads: Synthetic spider silk

Engineering scientists use bacteria to create biosynthetic silk threads stronger and more tensile than before

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20 June 201819 June 2018

A new kind of vaccine based on spider silk

By successfully encapsulating a vaccine into a spider silk microparticle, Swiss and German researchers have discovered a novel technique that will help fight cancer and certain infectious diseases

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12 June 20188 June 2018

AMSilk: Meet the German Biotech Behind Adidas’ Biodegradable Shoes

Interview with CEO Jens Klein to find out more about the innovative engineered silk material

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11 May 20189 May 2018

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Granted Long Sought License for Business Operations in Vietnam; Prepares for Grand Opening

Issuance of License seen as the most significant commercial event in the biotechnology Company’s development of spider silk based materials

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24 January 201823 January 2018

Genetically engineered spider silk

American company Kraig Biocraft Laboratories claim their genetically engineered spider silk to have superior properties

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10 November 20178 November 2017

Spider silk microphones

Spider webs could be the basis for better microphones in hearing aids, cell phones and more

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12 October 201710 October 2017

Meet the Transgenic Silkworms That Are Spinning out Spider Silk

Michigan-based polymer development company KBL using silkworms to produce spidersilk