Released August 23, 2011
A new innovative genetically engineered spider silk from goat hairs has been developed and can be used to help surgeons heal large wounds and create artificial tendons and ligaments. Spider silk is one of the strongest fibers known and five times stronger than steel. Developers have gained worldwide attention recently when they found a commercially viable way to manufacture silk fibers using goats and silkworms that had spider genes inserted into their makeup.
--continued on Medical News Today, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233213.php
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