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.

Table of Contents:

Spider silk : stronger than steel
Banana spider
Spider goat, spider goat
Born on the Fourth of July
Silk milk
Potential spider silk products
Growing silk? Experimenting with alfalfa
Fun activity : isolate DNA from strawberries!
Spider silk ... from silkworms?
Silkworms : no longer wild and free
The hunt for spider silk genes
Different types of silk
Dragline silk
From bacteria to goats
E.coli in the lab
Transgenic organisms : ethical concerns and lifesaving possibilities
Be a part of the discussion
Spinning spider silk
A new lab : Utah
Spider ... cotton?
All my kids
Have you guessed what the first spider silk product will be?
Space spiders.