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news-001064		Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame			.html	text/html	824	21	24	News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk Notre Dame and University of Wyoming scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk Published: September 29, 2010 Author: William G. Gilroy A research and development effort by the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wyoming, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. has succeeded in producing transgenic silkworms capable of spinning artificial spider silks. “The generation of silk fibers having the properties of spider silks has been one of the important goals in materials science.” Natural spider silks have a number of unusual physical properties, including significantly higher tensile strength and elasticity than naturally spun silkworm fibers.	cache/news-001064.html	txt/news-001064.txt