Author Topic: Mutant worms spin coloured silk (Read 1850 times)

Foxy Brown · « **on:** May 10, 2007, 06:55:44 AM »

Japanese scientists say they have genetically engineered silkworms to produce a specific colour.

kiikoi · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:06:52 AM »

wow i'm.....speechless

edhead999 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:14:24 AM »

I thought carotenoid pigments were more of an orangeish color... that's what you get for having a flake of a Bio professor.

Getting off topic, but they had something a while ago at the LA Zoo where they made Flamincos different colors... it was really amusing.

nop · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2007, 09:16:53 AM »

It seems that they cannot produce blue-ish color silkworm yet. And it may not be color-fast. Natural color may not be strong enough for fashion.

glcorps2002 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2007, 03:51:08 PM »

Maybe it can be used in displays?

Dragonlord · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2007, 10:24:12 PM »

hmmm it would be easier just to dye the silk instead of going against mother nature.

schol3s · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2007, 03:07:05 PM »

but it will be more interesting see reddish silk coming out of the worms mouth....

marktobias · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2007, 03:37:58 PM »

It's another one of those "We'll do it because we can" things

Gotta love those scientists!

MurasakiNeko · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2007, 05:37:32 PM »

Pix or it didn't happen.

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