Stronger than steel: spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date:
2013
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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 might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strenghten parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier.
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9780547681269
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Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
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