National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences and Yumi-Katsura Co. present luminescent silk dress prepared by transgenic silkworm

The silk is produced by transgenic silkworms with embedded jellyfish or coral GFP-like genes. By processing the silk at low-temperature, luminescent material remains in the silk and provides fluorescence, e. g., on LED illumination. The manufacturing process has been cleared according to the Carthagena protocol and is said tob e implemented in summer 2014.

China Bio news release, February 12, 2014

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