Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has successfully produced the first recombinant spider silk cocoons from the new line of hybrid transgenic silkworms recently created at its production and research facility. This new hybrid line was created by combining one of the company’s best performing recombinant spider silk lines with a commercial strain, resulting in the largest cocoons in the company’s history.
The first generation cocoons from this hybrid cross have exceeded the company’s expectations, with some cocoons nearly twice as large as the original spider silk line cocoons. These larger cocoons reduce operating and handling costs throughout the production process and yield longer silk threads.
US-based Kraig Biocraft, is a developer of spider silk based fibers and focused on the commercialization of new textiles and high performance fibers including spider silk. As the leading developer of genetically engineered spider silk based fiber technologies, Kraig has been able to achieve a series of scientific breakthroughs in the area of spider silk technology.
The group anticipates creating many additional hybrids, over the coming quarters, combining the performance of its spider silk lines with larger commercial strains, and expects these efforts will increase its production efficiency and lower its cost of producing recombinant spider silk.
