Injectable silk-kudzu hydrogel achieves complete wound closure in laboratory tests

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have developed an injectable hydrogel, a water-based gel ...
Phys.org

Researchers use silk to cultivate organ tissues in the lab

Few organs in the body are as complicated as the human brain, a tight spiderweb of neurons that shoots electrical signals across synapses to control all our thoughts and movements. When something goes ...
Forbes

From Shampoo To Breast Implants To Airplanes, This Startup’s Lab-Grown Spider Silk Could Go A Long Way

or decades, scientists and entrepreneurs have fantasized about creating lab-grown spider silk, which is renowned for its strength and softness. Slowly, a few companies have emerged that are able to do ...
Newsweek

Black Widow Spider Silk Is So Strong a Lab Version Could Be Used to Build Bridges

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Black widow spider silk is extremely strong. By weight, it is stronger ...
Forbes

Bolt Threads Is Launching Its First Bioengineered Spider Silk Product At SXSW - A Necktie

Biotechnology is about to get a major breakthrough in the textiles department – a market-ready manmade spider silk product is launching at SXSW this weekend. Bolt Threads, a San Francisco-based ...
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Lab notes: Tasar silk may be better than mulberry silk for medical applications

Silk is often used for a range of applications like making surgical sutures and drug-delivery systems or wearable devises like hearing aids, due to the fibre’s superior mechanical properties and ...
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From Lab Fiber to Luxury Fabric: Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Targets Apparel First with Engineered Spider Silk

DENVER, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (www.247marketnews.com) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (OTCQB: KBLB) is advancing a transgenic silkworm platform designed to produce recombinant spider silk ...