First CRISPR-edited spider spins red fluorescent silk - Research & Development World

Light as a feather but more resistant than steel, spider silk has been intriguing researchers for a long time looking for materials with off-standard properties. Yet, despite this fascination, few experiments have so far managed to genetically manipulate spiders themselves. This has just changed. In a German laboratory, a common spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, has produced for the first time a modified silk from inside, glowing under UV, with…

First CRISPR-edited spider spins red fluorescent silk - Research & Development World

In a reported first, researchers have successfully used CRISPR gene editing in spiders, inserting the gene for a red fluorescent protein into the major ampullate silk gene of Parasteatoda tepidariorum. The edited orb weaver spun crimson fibers and passed the glow to its young, evidence that spider silk can now be genetically tuned for bespoke… The post First CRISPR-edited spider spins red fluorescent silk appeared first on Research & Development…