Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, researchers modified the DNA of silkworms so that their silk-producing glands would instead create spider silk.

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  • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yes, it’s spider silk. These silkworms are transgenic. Their silk-producing genes have been replaced by spider silk-producing genes.