Nexia spin the world's first man-made spider silk performance fibers mt

MONTREAL, QC and NATICK, MA, Jan. 17 /CNW/ - Nexia Biotechnologies Inc.
(TSE:NXB) and the U.S. Army Soldier Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) have
reported in this week's journal of Science that they have made the world's
first spider silk fibers from man-made materials with properties similar to
natural spider silk. Spider silk has long been admired by material scientists
for its unique combination of high-performance properties including toughness,
strength, lightness and biodegradability. Nexia is developing recombinant
spider silk, trade named BioSteel(R), for applications in the medical,
military and industrial performance fiber markets.
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