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

Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce. For decades, spider silk has been the material science has long promised but…

Full text: https://newatlas.com/materials/spider-silk-genetically-modified-silkworms-kraig/

Author

Chelsea Haney

Source

New Atlas, 2025-08-31.

Supplier

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.

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