Spider silk is pretty amazing stuff. Pound for pound, it has a tensile strength close to that of steel while being one-fifth as dense, it's tougher than Kevlar, and it can stretch to almost ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Cancer remains one of the most challenging diseases to treat, despite decades of research. While targeted therapies like epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors have ...

Using mulberry silk, researchers from IIT-Guwahati have fabricated a spinal biodisc construct that is similar to human intervertebral disc in form and function. When approved for use in humans, the ...

Genetically engineered spider silk could help overcome a major barrier to the use of gene therapy in everyday medicine, according to a new study. Genetically engineered spider silk could help overcome ...