Kraig steps up silk efforts with tree delivery
19/08/2016
Mulberry leaves are an important part of the diet of its transgenic silkworms, which spin recombinant spider silk. In May Kraig announced the creation of four new lines of silkworms, which were based on the company’s most complicated protein designs.
“These trees will provide a sustainable, low cost, domestic input source for our US based silk production,” said Kraig COO Jon Rice.
“In addition to decreasing our costs and ensuring a stable food supply for our transgenic silkworms, testing has demonstrated that our silkworms produce better silk when fed fresh mulberry,” he added.
Kraig is currently preparing to plant the first of these trees and is assessing whether there is a need to purchase additional ones.
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