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spider silk

2 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 30, 2019 by Frank Chen · across every show →

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Dec 30, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Chen: Spider silk is lighter than cotton and tougher than Kevlar
“Ounce for ounce, this is lighter than cotton, tougher than Kevlar, Not derived from petroleum and biodegrades naturally.”
Frank Chen Dec 30, 2019 ▶ 21:09 Imagining Our Future Through Tech
Dec 30, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Chen: Washington University engineered E. coli to produce spider silk fabric
“Recently, a team at the Washington University in St. Louis figured out a way to recode the DNA into shorter sequences and in a way that E. Coli won't reject it. So they literally have E. Coli producing spider silk proteins that, when combined with other ingred…”
Frank Chen Dec 30, 2019 ▶ 22:13 Imagining Our Future Through Tech
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