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10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New biosynthetic spider silk behaves like the real thing … and scientists say they’re about to make it even stronger

There are very few things in nature that are stronger and tougher than the silk that makes up spiderwebs. An article in Science Daily stated that Washington-based researchers have not only managed to biologically synthesize a version of spider silk, they also know how to improve it even further. In its natural form, spider silk […]

07/23/2018 / By David Williams

Scientists find way to operate tiny “factories” inside engineered cells

In an effort to further improve current and future methods used in the biomedical field, a group of researchers have figured out a way to control the “factories” that essentially breathe life into engineered cells. As a report on the finding states, the technique used by the researchers involves making changes to the natural ribosomes […]

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