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High-strength and ultra-tough whole spider silk fibers spun from transgenic silkworms
The worms still get killed though not en masse… yet.

If looking at strength alone, maybe everyday clothing can be made with less material… maybe.

Will have to wait and see if it can be made at industrial scale.

Next, find a way to make them leave cocoon intact for better yield, then breed the moth so they don’t have to modify the next generation.

I also find this quite funny.

but when he saw the silkworms’ eyes glowing red under the fluorescence microscope—a sign that the gene editing had been successful