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The development and successful testing of a method for unreeling the strands of silk in wild silkworm cocoons could clear the way for establishment of new silk industries not only in Asia but also in ...
(CNN) — Legend has it silk was discovered by a Chinese empress who was sipping tea under a mulberry tree when a cocoon fell in her cup; the heat unraveling the miraculous material within. Whether or ...
The silkworm hatchlings from the first stage of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories’ Monster Silk™ pilot production program have now spun cocoons. The cocoons are made of Monster Silk, Kraig’s recombinant ...