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Snippets of spider genes let mutant silkworms spin silk stronger than steel. Scientists have coaxed miles of spider-like silk from a colony of transgenic silkworms, opening the door for large-scale production of super-strong, tough and flexible fibers.
“We can make a lot more silk from the silkworm process than you could possibly make from spiders,” said molecular biologist Malcolm Fraser of the University of Notre Dame.
Spider silk has long been hailed as a superfiber, useful for everything from surgical sutures to bulletproof vests to scaffolding for growing cartilage. But spider
bullet will still go in, it will just be easier to pull out since its sheathed in a bulletproof silk pajama top.
Originally posted by grey580
Wait till they get that integrated with their current silk producers. We'll all be wearing silky bullet proof jammies.