Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope /

Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope /

"In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material mig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heos, Bridget (Author)
Other Authors: Comins, Andy (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.
Series:Scientists in the field.
Subjects:
Nephila maculata > Juvenile literature.
Spider webs > Juvenile literature.
Spider webs > Therapeutic use > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > Juvenile literature.
Animal genetic engineering > Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries.
Nephila maculata.
Spider webs.
Spider webs > Therapeutic use.
Scientists.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: QL458.42.T48 H46 2013
 
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