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Nutrient supplements tested to boost spider silk in silkworms
Original: Targeted nutrients may help engineered silkworms make spider silk. Kraig Labs is testing them.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories is testing whether targeted nutrients can improve spider silk production in its genetically engineered silkworms. The company, known for developing spider-silk fibers using modified silkworms, says nutrition may influence the strength and yield of the silk the worms produce. If successful, the approach could help scale up output of the material for commercial uses.
Why now: The company announced new trials on its engineered silkworm nutrition, drawing attention to its spider-silk production efforts.
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- Targeted nutrients may help engineered silkworms make spider silk. Kraig Labs is testing them. · Stock Titan
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