Harnessing spider powers to heal human bodies

A Oxford University professor, Professor Fritz Vollrath is harnessing spider’s powers to heal bodies. After working with spiders for 40 years, Vollrath has learned to appreciate spider powers. Spiders create webs by spinning liquid protein into silk that is pound-for-pound stronger than steel. One type of silk that spiders use is dragline silk, which is what they hang from, it’s proven the toughest. They have used spider silk to heal animal’s wounds, the silk covers the wound, and seamlessly dissolves over the wound. Research teams are finding different ways to spin the spider silk, such as using spider DNA in goats and using yeast to spin the silk. After years of research, zoologists say they’ve only scratched the surface of the new healing technology.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/health/healing-powers-of-a-spiders-web/index.html