Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Announces Peer Reviewed Publication of Spider Silk and Transgenic Silkworm Breakthroughs
January 05 2012 - 6:05AM
Marketwired
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) (PINKSHEETS: KBLB)
is very happy to start the New Year by announcing that the Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a
peer-reviewed scientific article describing the breakthrough
creation of a spider silk fusion fiber, which was achieved by
university scientists within the University of Wyoming and the
University of Notre Dame, who are working cooperatively with Kraig
Biocraft Laboratories.
The article is the first peer-reviewed scientific publication
describing the creation of transgenic silkworms, which have been
specifically designed to spin a spider/silkworm silk fusion fiber.
The article's abstract states, "these composite fibers were, on
average, tougher than the parental silkworm silk fibers and as
tough as native dragline spider silk fibers. These results
demonstrate that silkworms can be engineered to manufacture
composite silk fibers containing stably integrated spider silk
protein sequences, which significantly improve the overall
mechanical properties of the parental silkworm silk fibers."
"The fact that a publication as prestigious as Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences has chosen to publish these
results speaks for itself as to the significance of the scientific
breakthrough," said Company founder and CEO, Kim K Thompson. "When
I founded Kraig many people in both the business and scientific
community said that what we were setting out to do was impossible.
By maintaining a focused vision and by recruiting the very best
minds in molecular biology, we have made the impossible a tangible
reality."
"Congratulations to the scientific team as well as to the
University of Notre Dame and the University of Wyoming. They
deserve the accolades they are receiving with this publication,"
continued Thompson. "Our next steps are to commercialize these
developments while accelerating our development of even more
advanced products. The commercial license agreement we signed in
the fourth quarter of 2011 was an essential element of the former.
As we move toward commercialization of these fibers, we are
simultaneously moving into an advanced stage in the development of
new, second generation spider silk polymers."
The scientific article described above is published, online
before print, January 3, 2012, by the scientific journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled, "Silkworms
Transformed with Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite
Silk Fibers with Improved Mechanical Properties."
"The recent publication of the analysis of genetically
engineered silkworms to produce chimeric spider silks with
properties of increased strength and flexibility in the prestigious
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences represents
a significant vindication of our methodology for genetically
engineering and producing commercial quantities of novel protein
fibers for medical, structural, and textile fabrics," said Dr.
Malcolm Fraser. "If it were not for Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
initiating this project and bringing the technologies together
these results may never have materialized."
"The work is the culmination of a research effort begun more
than 10 years ago with an internal award from the University of
Notre Dame to my lab to develop silkworm transgenics capabilities,
a two year NIH R21 grant awarded to Drs. Jarvis, Lewis, and myself,
and several years of supplemental funding from Kraig Biocraft
Laboratories," Fraser continued. "The success of this research
would have been impossible without the ability to carry out
silkworm transgenesis, mastered by Bong-hee Sohn and Young-soo Kim
in the Fraser lab at the University of Notre Dame. This manuscript
was published after an in depth peer review process, and was deemed
by the publishers as a newsworthy article of the issue in which it
appears, further indicating its relative importance to science and
technology."
About Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (www.KraigLabs.com) is a fully
reporting biotechnology company that recently achieved a series of
scientific breakthroughs, with implications for the global textile
industry.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Statements in this press release about the Company's future and
expectations other than historical facts are "forward-looking
statements." These statements are made on the basis of management's
current views and assumptions. As a result, there can be no
assurance that management's expectations will necessarily come to
pass. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified
by phrases such as "believes," "plans," "expects," "anticipates,"
"foresees," "estimated," "hopes," "develops," "researching,"
"research," "potential," "could" or other words or phrases of
similar import. Similarly, statements in this release that describe
the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans,
intentions or goals should all be considered forward-looking
statements. All such forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.
Management cautions that its ability to further its research, and
create commercially-viable products may be affected by the
competitive environment, the Company's financial condition and its
ability to raise sufficient capital to meet the financial
obligations of its business plan and to fund its continuing
operations.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Ben Hansel Hansel Capital Email Contact (720) 288-8495
Kraig Biocraft Laborator... (QB) (USOTC:KBLB)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Kraig Biocraft Laborator... (QB) (USOTC:KBLB)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024