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GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

30 March 2018

Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine
Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

23 March 2018

The CRISPR immune system from bacteria has been engineered into silkworms, allowing them to fight off a virus that plagues the silk industry

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