Artificial spider silk

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in Tokyo on May 24, 2013, holds artificially produced spider silk made by Japanese bioventure Spiber Inc. The company based in Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said it has developed technology to mass-produce artificial spider silk for the first time.

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