Biotech Company, University to Partner on Polymers

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a biotechnology company in Lansing, Michigan confirmed that the company entered into a collaborative research and development agreement with the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana for the development of new polymers.

Polymers are molecules strung in long repeating chains that are found in a host of natural and synthetic materials. Kraig Biocraft develops polymers that have the potential for significant commercial applications. One such polymer is synthesized spider silk, generated by spiders and one of the strongest natural materials, but up to now not producible in industrial quantities.

Kraig Biocraft says it has obtained the rights for the spider silk gene sequences which are at the core of its technology. In cooperation with universities, the company has obtained genetic engineering technology to enable the eventual commercial production of spider silk.

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