This is a very educational TED Talk about Spider Silk.
-very interesting scientific topic (nerd alert!)
... And this is the newest Japanese Spider silk production company - Spiber, which is Japanese for "spider". Posted in July, 2013.
How will this impact Medicine? Spider silk can serve as a scaffolding for tissue growth, much like a glycosaminoglycans (GAGS), and illicits NO inflamatory response!! This makes it eligible for a lot of medical applications!
Having stronger fillaments for suturing possibly? For reinforcing/replacing ligamentous attachments to bone? To gently hold up your grandfathers underpants? Maybe, a better substitute in place of collagen-type tissues needing repair? Maybe it will be good for wrinkles?
The light weight, strength, and elasticity of this substance is incredible. It far exeeds the strength of Kevlar, and has elasticity to withhold stretch and trauma. In any case, I for one, am excited to see yet another fascinating technology based entirely on Biology to enter modern society and for Medical application.
As seen here, the fiber itself is made up of proteins which fold in such a way that can create great elasticity and great strength due to the covalently bound peptide bonds.
Medical Science Can be so influential. With great elasticity comes great responsibility - Uncle Ben (or something like that).
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