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Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers (www.eurekalert.org)
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Ah, Crispr-Cas9 is convenient.

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[โ€“] WhyIDie@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn't seem to find it in the article, but I hope it wasn't like I previously saw: silkworms being boiled alive en masse

[โ€“] g6d3np81@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

High-strength and ultra-tough whole spider silk fibers spun from transgenic silkworms
The worms still get killed though not en masse... yet.