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Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk
Bacteria with added spider genes have made molecules that can be combined to create strands that are less strong but more elastic than a spider's silk
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Bacteria with added spider genes have made molecules that can be combined to create strands that are less strong but more elastic than a spider's silk
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