TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heos,Bridget
AU  - Comins,Andy
TI  - Stronger than steel: spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope 
T2  - Scientists in the field
SN  - 0547681267
AV  - QL458.42.T48 H46 2013
U1  - 595.4/4 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
KW  - Nephila maculata
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Spider webs
KW  - Therapeutic use
KW  - Spiders
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index; Pub Weekly; Pub Weekly, January 2013; 5.3; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Discusses the work scientists are doing with the golden orb weaver spider, whose web silk is nearly indestructible, and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins needed to artificially spin the spider silk and produce it in a quantity that will make it realistic to use in health care, in body armor, in parachutes, and much more
ER  -