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Dr. Malcolm Fraser:
PNAS Most-Read Articles during January 2012 -- updated monthly
Coming in at #13:
13. Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
Florence Teulé, Yun-Gen Miao, Bong-Hee Sohn, Young-Soo Kim, J. Joe Hull, Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr., Randolph V. Lewis, and Donald L. Jarvis
Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties
PNAS 2012 109 (3) 923-928; published ahead of print January 3, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1109420109
Source:
http://www.pnas.org/reports/most-read
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Welcome to the Rapra Polymer Library,
covering the science, technology and business of polymers.
Source:
http://www.polymerlibrary.com/
This month we're focusing on Spider Silk-based Polymers.
Spider Silk-based Polymers - January 2012
This month we're looking at the topic of biopolymers made from spider silk.
Scientists have known about the intrinsic strength of spider silk for many years, but it has proven difficult to farm and therefore hasn't made any real ground commercially. However, recent developments in genetically modifying silk worms to produce spider silk have brought this topic back into the spotlight again. If researchers can successfully produce large quantities of spider silk it becomes a viable alternative as a basis for the manufacture of polymeric materials with some fantastic properties.
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You missed that one yesterday Red. None the less I don't think anybody minds it being repeated over and over again. Check out Feb 1st posts from yours truly:
Post# 38026 - http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=71583064
Post# 38031 - http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=71585910
Post# 38056 - http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=71601007
I also updated the Textile Mag entry into the ibox yesterday.
GO KBLB.
Lookin good!
I'd be upset if they didn't have that listed at the bottom.
That says to me Open For Business. Also, just like I mentioned before, Miguel Caballero might want to give that number a call.
Go KBLB.
IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL ARTICLES FOR KBLB :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America.
January 17, 2012 Issue, Article Titled:
Silkworms Transformed with Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite Silk Fibers with Improved Mechanical Properties.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/02/1109420109.abstract
Jan - Feb Issue: Quality Fabric Of The Month
Spider Silk Potential Unleashed:
http://www.textileworld.com/Articles/2012/January/Jan-Feb_issue/Departments/QFOM_Spider_Silk.html
Hybrid Silkworms Spin Spider Silk -- A First
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/120103-spiders-silkworms-silk-glowing-science-health/
Published by MIT
Transgenic Worms Make Tough Fibers:
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/26623/page1/
Silk Spinning The Genetically Modified Way:
http://www.labnews.co.uk/features/silk-spinning-the-genetically-modified-way/
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Miguel Caballero "The Armani of Bulletproof Clothing" is in the same issue of Textile world. There is a feature about him and his bullet proof yet fashionable jackets and clothing.
Do you think Miguel will want to buy some spidersilk? I think so.
And I'm pretty sure he'll see the article about KBLB since his product is featured on the cover of the very same issue.
From Article:
Miguel Caballero, the Armani of bulletproof clothing, makes fashionable bulletproof apparel for VIPs as well as standard ballistic vests for military and police personnel.
Action film star Steven Seagal (left) sports a bulletproof leather
jacket, one of a number of ballistic garments he has ordered
over the years from Miguel Caballero (right).
Source:http://www.textileworld.com/Articles/2012/January/Jan-Feb_issue/Armored_In_Style.html
Go KBLB,
In style.
KBLB Featured In Jan/Feb Issue Of Textile World:
http://www.textileworld.com/Issues/2012/January_February_2012.html
Quality Fabric Of The Month
Spider Silk: Potential Unleashed
Spider silk technologies developed at the University of Notre Dame jointly with Kraig Biocraft
Laboratories and the University of Wyoming are heading toward commercial availability
Full Article:
http://www.textileworld.com/Articles/2012/January/Jan-Feb_issue/Departments/QFOM_Spider_Silk.html
Excerpt:
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A Generation II 100-percent recombinant spider silk for technical textile applications is in advanced stages of development and soon is expected to be ready for commercialization. This fiber, developed using St. Louis-based Sigma-Aldrich Corp.'s zinc finger gene-splicing technology, would have advanced medical, composite and possibly ballistic applications, among others — spider silk is said to be stronger than aramid and 10 times as strong as steel. "I would like to see testing data before we make ballistic claims," Thompson said, "but there is discussion in the scientific literature that this material would be like a miracle product for ballistic resistance. I imagine it would be used in a composite product to reinforce, for example, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene."
A customizable Generation III fiber that can include various mechanical and chemical properties is also in development.
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Did someone already post this?
UW professor helps create superior silk using spiders, silkworms:
Source:http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/uw-professor-helps-create-superior-silk-using-spiders-silkworms/article_d7a6b782-6cf7-5951-bdc0-ded2278c7254.html?mode=story
Excerpts:
“This material is so superior, it’s hard to see why anyone would prefer to have regular silk when they could have spider silk or a spider silk blend,” said Kim Thompson, CEO of Kraig Biocraft, a Michigan-based company with exclusive rights to market the new fiber. “I do think that it’s going to largely replace the regular silk market.”
“From the scientific community, it was viewed as an impossibility,” Thompson said. “And by the business community, it was viewed as an impossible, ridiculous risk.”
Public interest in the development of spider silk spiked in recent weeks after the researchers’ work was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Since then, Jarvis said there’s been a “media circus” about their discovery.
As UW owns the patents on the spider silk genes, the school stands to make a significant amount of money should these plans pan out.
Photos courtesy of Malcolm Fraser:
Researcher Young-soo Kim examines a platter full of spider silk balls at University of Notre Dame professor Malcolm Fraser’s lab in South Bend, Ind.
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Great find Saint.
Dr. Malcom Fraser interview with Quirks&Quarks:
Jan 14, 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2186641369
Source:http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/01/
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King found this first. Worth a listen for those who missed it.
Another link about KBLB:
http://www.wellbeing.com.au/newsdetail/Silkworm-super-sutures_000587
Silkworm super-sutures:
30 January 2012
The human spirit is a restless one. Rarely do humans as a collective rest on their laurels (for a start that would mean we would be wearing our laurels in the wrong place) and they are ever searching for improvements and a better way. The pen for instance is a perfectly serviceable instrument of communication but no, humans had to invent the ipad. You might also think that the sutures currently used to stitch up wounds are good enough for the job, but no, the search is on for stronger stuff from which to make the thread that holds us together and now, it seems we have found it.
If you wanted to look for a strong silk it would be hard to go past the thread spun by a spider. You should not think for a minute that it hasn’t been tried but spider farming has inherent difficulties. Spiders are inherently antisocial beasts, largely because community spirit is hard to foster when everyone wants to eat everyone else. So gathering a bunch of spiders in order to farm their silk just doesn’t work. That is to say nothing of the difficulties come mustering time and the “ewww” factor that even hardened cowboys (spiderjocks) have when it comes to our arachnid friends.
So spider farming is out but silkworms are a far more placid and communal option. The problem is that silkworm silk is not made of stern enough stuff to make it useful for sutures. What you need then is silk with spider-like strength spun by a placid beastie like the silkworm. In these days of genetic engineering you can guess what is going to come next…
Researchers have spliced spider genes into silkworms who have produced silk of extraordinary strength. The fibres were tougher than silkworm silk and as tough as dragline silk produced by spiders. The silkworm-spider silk can be “farmed” and is strong enough to act as a suture as well as being used in replaced ligaments, tendons, tissue scaffolds, microcapsules, and textiles.
Genetic engineering is never a favoured course, particularly when it comes to food, but in this case a highly useful product with little obvious downside is the result. If you wanted to go down a traditional cross-breeding route to achieve this, you would end up with a lot of very nervous silkworms with performance anxiety on your hands.
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News is still spreading.
Disruptive Technology:
Professor Clayton Christensen describes his concept of disruptive technology.
It's a really long video, up to you if you want to watch it all.
I recommend start at either 6:00 or 12:00 and end around 25:00 min mark.
The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution to the Healthcare Crisis:
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/594
Around the 12:30 mark he says, (not verbatim)
He will always bet against an entrant who trys to beat an established company (leader), but he will bet against the leader (established company) if the entrant has a simplifying technology.
He then uses the steel industry to instruct his princible.
The part about the steel industry is great as it relates to KBLB's disruptive role in this newly forming material industry that is man made spider silk.
Go KBLB.
The next generation of materials done in a simplified way.
Doesn anyone have access to this article?
If so, does it mention the PNAS silkworm article?
I would assume it would, but don't know for sure.
Stretching spider silk to its high-tech limits :
http://www.newscientist.com/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21395-stretching-spider-silk-to-its-hightech-limits.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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The amazing thing is that when all the science and research is out of the way, KBLB's most important piece of equipment will run on mullberries. Lol.
KBLB is doing everything to further it's commercially viable product. It just hasn't gone commercial yet.
What is KBLB worth just on it's rights, agreements and trademarks? It has the sole right to commercialize this product. What is that worth? I guess about 8 cents right now. But really, as the science continues, as they get to a purer form of spider silk or develop the next groundbreaking hybrid material, how much is just the right to commercialize that? That alone gives value to the company. The doubt that there isnt a product has cleared. It was cleared at the Notre Dame PC but now that PNAS has published the findings it is a great stamp of certainty.
There is a product. How much do they charge, how do they license it, should they give exclusivity, when will we hear about it? These are the only questions on my mind.
KBLB DOES NOT have to first hand commercialize the spidersilk,
It DOES have the right to pick who can. There are plenty of companies who can. You might not like Kim Thompson, but you might like who he picks.
He's had a knack of associating with the right people to get the real work done.
We'll see.
GO KBLB.
POTUS mentions lightweight bullet proof vests in SOTU.
I saw that too. You beat me to it King, Arghh.. lol
POTUS: Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet. Don't gut these investments in our budget. Don't let other countries win the race for the future.Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and theInternet; to new American jobs and new American industries.
Source:http://www.scribd.com/doc/79291970/State-of-the-Union-2012-Obama-Speech-Full-Text
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Thats funny. About a year or two ago there was an NBC show called The Cape. It was some kind of vigilante hero show where the hero's cape was said to be made with Spidersilk.
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I'm sure King Bolaba already put this up, but just in case.
It's not so much that the story made it on to another website, it's that this website is the pet of a international materials consultant.
http://www.materialsgate.de/en/mnews/6128/Hybrid+silkworms+spin+stronger+spider+silk.html
In 2000, the material portal www.materialsgate.de was established and Dr.-Ing. Christoph Konetschny ventured into self-employment. Among his competencies are consulting and search services with respect to new materials, nanomaterials, innovative methods and future techniques. Since then, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Konetschny has supported several hundred international clients from the fields of industry, research, product design and architecture with his search and consulting services.
Short bio of Dr.-Ing. Christoph Konetschny - Curriculum Vitae:
http://www.materialsgate.de/en/dr.konetschny/
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The other thing to note is that all the info manshoon has is out there for anyone to see. None of it is hidden. KBLB discloses who they get their financing from, Youre free to google that company, who owns it, what other companies they've represented, where they went to school, who their kids are and what they eat for breakfast. At any point in making all those connections you are bound to find something that you might disagree with. You make your decision and then move on. Are you okay with a company having imperfect yet DISCLOSED financing and trying to get to the point that it doesnt need it or would you rather have a company hold out for perfect term financing (whatever that is) and sit on their hands while they wait to get funded and their science gets lapped by another company. Or better yet, how about the company chooses no financing and just fizzles out because it has a dilemma that it doesnt want the financers to try to make a profit off of the deal. Kim has mentioned at least twice already how thankful they are to have financing and has made a point during interviews to mention how other biotechs have fallen by the wayside due to lack of funding. Ask a bank if they would like to fund "the impossible" as Dr. Fraser has said other scientists called this project.
Now if KBLB tried to hide that CSC finances them that would make all your DD mindblowing, but its really not.
If penny funders didnt to try to turn a profit, there wouldnt be any penny financing.
And as I said before If this were a typical penny stock Kim Thompson could have just made up a deal to make the SP launch and then cut and run, instead he's taking his time and getting it right, whether or not its running perfectly at least its running on the up and up. In all he's trying for his sake and what will be your shares sake to get the money coming in. If your an investor with KBLB you can make a fair assesment from all the info disclosed by the company (which is all you can really ask for). Off of what's given you should be able to decide if your either in or out. If your a trader you should be happy with KBLBs SP fluctuations and that KBLB is a pretty stable vessel for day to day trading.
If your impatient then that is the situation that KBLB cannot help you with and a source probably for a lot of frustration.
How long does it take to get somewhere no ones ever been to?
As long as it takes.
You can ask Are we there yet, but who knows the answer?
You can only really be upset if you stop moving forward, for then you know how ever long its going to take will be that much longer.
GO KBLB.
As a kid did you ever notice that the closer you got to Christmas the more impatient you got. By the night before you couldnt even sleep you were so antsy.
You didn't read the entire title. This morning when I first saw the link I almost thought the same thing. Whaaat? It's the way the links title is cut off.
The article title is KBLB Announces New CEO INTERVIEW.
Not KBLB Announces New CEO.
GO KBLB.
Totally agree.
Go KBLB.
No evidence of a tangible product?
It's real.
Buy at 7 and at 6 if it comes. Buy anything under .10 IMO. Regarding commercial opportunites, there are plenty. Too many is the problem. Which one to go with and how to go about it is a seriously blessed problem.
Now commercial agreements, this is something we have no evidence of yet, true. But do you want to buy before the commercial agreement is announced or after? In the grand scheme of things, most people on this board are watching the stock day to day and will be able to jump in relatively quickly when and if that news drops. But for those that want to accumulate a large position or arent watching every day, do you really want to wait till after a commercial agreement has been PRd to buy in?
I think with how quick KBLB has been moving in its scientific advancements investors have become desensitised to it and are undervalueing KBLB right now.
Supporting Information
Teulé et al. 10.1073/pnas.1109420109
SI Materials and Methods
piggybac Vector Constructions. A key element of the piggyBac
vectors was the 2.4 kbp A2S814 silk-like sequence, which combines
flagelliform silk-like elastic (GPGGA)8 and dragline silklike
strength (linker-alanine8) motifs. This sequence links the A2
flagelliform-like motif, which corresponds to a doubled A1 motif
(11), to the S8 strength motif (11) to produce the [A2S8] basic
repeat. The final A2S814 spider silk sequence, which contains 14
iterations of the [A2S8] basic repeat, was produced using the
doubling strategy described by Teulé et al. (11) and cloned into
pBluescript SKII+. Several other key elements needed for the
piggyBac vector constructions were isolated by polymerase chain
reactions with genomic DNA isolated from the silk glands of
Bombyx mori strain P50/Daizo and the gene-specific primers
shown in Table S1. The resulting DNA fragments included the
fibroin heavy chain (fhc) major promoter and upstream enhancer
element (MP-UEE), two versions of the fhc basal promoter and
N-terminal domain (NTD) (exon 1/intron 1/exon 2) with different
5'- and 3'-flanking restriction sites, the fhc C-terminal
domain (CTD) [3' coding sequence and poly(A) signal], and
enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). In each case, the
amplification products were gel-purified, and DNA fragments
of the expected sizes were excised and recovered. Subsequently,
the fhc MP-UEE, fhc CTD, and EGFP fragments were cloned
into pSLfa1180fa (pSL); the two different NTD fragments were
cloned into pCR4-TOPO (Invitrogen); and Escherichia coli
transformants containing the correct amplification products were
identified by restriction mapping and verified by sequencing.
These fragments were then used to assemble the piggyBac vectors
used in this study as follows. The synthetic A2S814 spider silk
sequence was excised from the pBluescript SKII+ plasmid precursor
with BamHI and BspEI, gel-purified, recovered, and
subcloned into the corresponding sites upstream of the CTD in
the pSL intermediate plasmid described above. This step yielded
a plasmid designated pSL-spider 6-CTD. A NotI/BamHI fragment
was then excised from one of the pCR4-TOPO-NTD intermediate
plasmids described above, gel-purified, recovered,
and subcloned into the corresponding sites upstream of the
spider 6-CTD sequence in pSL-spider 6-CTD to produce pSLNTD-
spider 6-CTD. In parallel, a NotI/XbaI fragment was excised
from the other pCR4-TOPO-NTD intermediate plasmid
described above, gel-purified, recovered, and subcloned into the
corresponding sites upstream of the EGFP amplimer in the pSLEGFP
intermediate plasmid described above. This produced
a plasmid containing an NTD-EGFP fragment, which was excised
with NotI and BamHI and subcloned into the corresponding
sites upstream of the spider 6-CTD sequences in pSLspider
6-CTD. The MP-UEE fragment was then excised with SfiI
and NotI from the pSL intermediate plasmid described above,
gel-purified, recovered, and subcloned into the corresponding
sites upstream of the NTD-spider 6-CTD and NTD-EGFP-spider
6-CTD sequences in the two different intermediate pSL
plasmids described above. Finally, the completely assembled
MP-UEE-NTD-A2S814-CTD or MP-UEE-NTD-EGFP-A2S814-
CTD cassettes were excised with AscI and FseI from the respective
final pSL plasmids and subcloned into the corresponding
sites of pBAC[3XP3-DsRedaf] (2). This final subcloning step
yielded two separate piggyBac vectors that were designated spider
6 and spider 6-EGFP to denote the absence or presence of
the EGFP marker.
Mechnical Testing Data Analysis. The stress/strain curves from the
data set gathered for each fiber were plotted using MATLAB
(Version 7.1) to determine toughness (or energy to break),
Young’s modulus (initial stiffness), maximum stress (ultimate or
peak stress), breaking stress (stress at failure), and maximum
extension (maximum percentage of strain). The statistical significance
of the mechanical testing data was assessed in a oneway
ANOVA analysis (a = 0.05%). The original hypothesis (H0)
was that the mean values obtained with all samples were equal.
H0 was rejected, and the mean values were considered to be
significantly different when F was larger than the F critical (F >
Fcrit) and P was <0.05. A Scheffé’s test (Scheffé’s critical value:
FSC = 10.2) was then used to determine the origin of the differences
observed between the mean values.
1. Teulé F, Furin WA, Cooper AR, Duncan JR, Lewis RV (2007) Modifications of spider silk
sequences in an attempt to control the mechanical properties of the synthetic fibers.
J Mater Sci 42:8974e8985.
2. Horn C, Schmid BG, Pogoda FS, Wimmer EA (2002) Fluorescent transformation markers
for insect transgenesis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 32:1221e1235.
Fig. S1. Expression and localization of a chimeric silkworm/spider silk protein in pnd-w1 (A and B), Spider 6 (C and D), and Spider 6-GFP (E and F) silkworm silk
glands. Silk glands were excised, bombarded with the spider 6 or spider 6-GFP piggyBac vectors, and examined by phase contrast (A, C, and E) or fluorescence
microscopy (B, D, and F), as described in Materials and Methods.
Teulé et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1109420109 1 of 3
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It seems from the recent interview that there was enough to talk about for Kim to go through with the CC and keep his timeline. What I take from this is that what this latest insertion will accomplish is extremely important and is something he wants to tell directly to his shareholders first.
He gave out his streamlined business plan, mentioned M&A in his vision. He went right to the point of 2012 being the year Monster Silk goes into production. He also mentioned in addition to the 7 new lines of transgenics that was PR'd that there are a couple more they have created. All this was enough to do a CC and I agree that it will all probably be repeated again and be the bulk of the CC when it happens. But, ask yourself how important can this latest insertion be to hold up the CC? Why is it so important? What does it change to be this one step ahead compared to everything else already done? Maybe nothing really or maybe something really big.
What happens when Klabs delares they have actually produced the closest prospect to spider silk they can?
IMO The business may seem like its 6 months behind, but the research and development is running 2 years ahead.
Go KBLB.
Thank you Kim for letting us know why you changed the date.
He should have stated from the start that the Jan CC depended on the insertion. That would remove a large amount of doubt and speculation when the CC comes up delayed. Doubt and speculation run rampant enough in penny stocks. I don't think it matters too much here with KBLB because it seems like there is a really strong base here. Yesterday there was a Million share sell off and this penny stock only dropped 2%. That says a lot IMO.
Excerpt:
Source:http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/kraig-biocraft-laboratories-announces-new-ceo-interview-otcqb-kblb-1608535.htm
Additionally, the Company would like to announce that the 2012 teleconference call is being rescheduled for February. "Originally we scheduled a genetic insertion to take place in December," stated Thompson. "We changed that schedule in order to review and confirm our protocols," Thompson continued, "and that short delay is a major factor in our conference call rescheduling. The first round of insertions for our generation two technology has now taken place, and the conference call is being scheduled for February."
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WOW, great argument.
YOU SAID, NO ONE HAS A CLUE, now you skirt that brazen statement and say it's just the difference of WOULD or COULD. Got it.
The PNAS release was published in the Biological Sciences section under Medical Sciences for good reason.
Medical Sciences:
Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties
PNAS 2012 109 (3) 923-928; published ahead of print January 3, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1109420109
Source:
http://www.pnas.org/content/current#content-block
Maybe we should call the people who publish PNAS and tell them they don't know what they're doing. Thanks for the DD mojo.
Have a good one.
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I hate to add it but it's an important question.
If in the unfortunate event of the CEO dying what happens to KBLB?
Is it still secured? Who would take over?
There is another stock I'm in and their CEO died in an accident
in Dec. It leaves the Co. up in the air and can drastically change it from what it was to something else. In that case someone from the board of directors took over the role of CEO on an interim basis until the board decides who to choose.
So again, I hate to ask it, but I think it's an important question.
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Here is a clue, Dr. Fraser himself stated the possible uses for the silk.
There have also been proven studies that silk is great to use as suture material for many reasons. These are all things the board has posted before as it relates to the science of the company.
http://ryortho.com/largeJoints.php?news=1684_Silkworms-and-Artificial-Limbs
Excerpt:
Dr. Fraser indicates that the stronger fiber could find application in sutures, where some natural silkworm silk is used, as well as wound dressings, artificial ligaments, tendons, tissue scaffolds, microcapsules, cosmetics and textiles. This work is the culmination of a research effort begun more than ten years ago with an internal award from Notre Dame to Dr. Fraser to develop silkworm transgenics capabilities; a two-year NIH R21 grant awarded to Jarvis, Lewis and Fraser; and several years of supplemental funding from Kraig BioCraft Laboratories. 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 Notre Dame.
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Jan 17(This weeks!)issue of PNAS is the actual printed issue which contains the spider silk breakthough. Although the PNAS release was Jan 3rd, that was just the online release ahead of print. So this week/issue is technically the printed release of the breakthrough. Now Im not a subscriber to it, but Im sure those that are will get a kick out of the discovery and maybe even look into the company that has the rights to commercialize it. I really like that it's under the Medical Sciences section and not just Biological Sciences.
This isnt some crappy or cheesey investment news letter. This is a serious publication. If there is anyone in the medical field that is looking for better materials they will definitely consult with the people behind this scientific breakthrough.
What do you think it's worth to an NFL athelete (or any PRO Athelete) to be able to repair tendons/ligaments in a way that spider silk would allow?
Jan 17, 2012 ; 109(3)
Source:
http://www.pnas.org/content/current
Under Medical Sciences:
Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties
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Apparently mojo you forgot todays theme. lol
It just seems so odd that the two current video reports about the spider silk breakthrough seem unfinished and cut off. The UK news segment just ends abruptly and the fox news Wargames segment seems to cut off right in the middle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16554357
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1387172220001/war-games-looking-to-nature-for-next-gen-body-armor
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Really like the graphic this article used:
Source:
http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/764-new-worms-silk-has-spider-strength.html
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See that tag, it's the future!
Thought I'd look at what silk costs in the fabrics marketplace.
Muga Silk is among the finest quality silk in the world, once reserved for Indian royalty. A long lasting, durable fiber with a rich golden hue that increases with time and washing. This silk has a glossy, fine texture with an excellent sheen. When washed, the supersoft fiber blooms beautifully. Muga silk is a naturally organic and stain resistant fiber since it is not bleached or dyed.
Available in 95gr (3oz) pkg's.
$66.00 for 3 oz.
That means it would cost $352.00 for a pound of this stuff at retail.
It takes between 2,000 and 3,000 coccoons to yield a pound of silk.
It takes 110 cocoons to make a tie,
630 for a blouse,
900 for a shirt,
1,700 for dress and
3000 for a heavy silk kimono.
http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=342&catid=9&subcatid=63
Purchase Source:
http://www.shopatron.com/products/productdetail/part_number=7-319/378.0.1.1
http://www.louet.com/fibers/silk.shtml
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Popular Mechanics Article:
Great article! They do a really good job to showcase the practical applications for spider silk.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/6-spider-silk-superpowers#slide-1
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Reuters Investment Profile For KBLB:
Dated Jan 6, 2012
Reuters offers a 12 Page Investment Profile on KBLB for $20.00.
Source:
https://commerce.us.reuters.com/purchase/showReportDetail.do?docid=44255590
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Go KBLB.
"Our next steps are to commercialize these developments while accelerating our development of even more advanced products."
Source:
http://www.kraiglabs.com/Press%20National%20Science%20Foundation%201%205%202012.htm
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., with Fraser, Lewis and Jarvis on its scientific board, is currently evaluating several business opportunities for this first generation fiber for both textile and non-textile use.
Source:
http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/28161-hybrid-silkworms-spin-stronger-spider-silk/
You don't have to read the tea leaves, read in between the lines or even guess to see what is going to happen next for the company.
It's right there in the PR and in the articles about the PR. We know the market valued KBLB up to .26 just on it proving it could incorporate DNA from a spider into a silkworm. It settled at .10 as investors sold off and began to find out it wasn't such a quick turn into commercialization. Agreements have been signed, advancements have been made and now the scientists have had their well deserved credits published. Kim and the intellects that surround him no doubt have had candidates and deal structures up their sleeves for quite a while. Just like the Sigma deal that no one saw coming, behind the scenes and better than we can guess Kim has his eyes on the prize. Our CC or next Big PR IMO is waiting on not just one deal, but more than one deal to be finalized. I don't think initially he'd announce one deal and then another and then another. I think he wants a set of deals(not saying more deals wont/cant be made) to be announced together in one great slam down, table breaking, thunder booming, suck it all you doubters, bring it on world extravaganza.
Or maybe not..just thinking out loud.
Either way it's like we all just found a gigantic diamond and people are complaining that its not cut and polished right out of the ground. It's still a diamond people. Stop being so short sighted. KBLB is right on that precipice. At this point your either in or out. If you havent decided yet (unless you just got here this month) move on. If this was a typical pink we wouldnt be waiting so long on a deal to be announced, they would have just made up a bunch of deals and then kept the lie up as they sold off. This is not your typical pink, even one of our most negative sentiment posters said he doesnt usually trade pinks and says KBLB is one of those typical pennies yet KBLB is somehow different enough even for him to put money in and out of. What it really means again is, KBLB is not a typical penny stock. It reports, PR's, CC's and has the scientific credentials and business relationships to back it up.
GO KBLB.
Speaking of $$$$.
The content below is a post, question, and reply from a thread off of Nat Geo's site. A retired costume designer says they would value the silk around at least $1000.00 per yard. I know anyone can post mis information, but at face value it's an interesting insight to the valuation of this new textile from someone who dealt with fabrics for a living.
I hope they dont mind me referencing their post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/mrman/spider-silkworm-can-spin-spider-silk_n_1184744_127450591.html
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mrman
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09:51 PM on 01/05/2012
I always wanted to feel a yard of spider silk (retired costume designer). I have worked with verrrryyy expensive silk ($450 yd) but spider silk is on my bucket list.
nopilikia
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01:19 AM on 01/07/2012
Question.......knowing silk....what would be your best guesstimate as to the cost of that yard of spider silk?
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mrman
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03:05 PM on 01/07/2012
No less than $1000 yd. it depends on how many threads per inch (the weave) , is it dyed or natural color, a lot of factors go into the price. Has it been treated to act as a "garment" fabric.
Go KBLB.
Whether or not the correction was made due to our intervention or not, Im happy for it. I think it was a really rought draft that went up and that it would have hopefully been corrected on its own. Having operated my own site I know that on certain occasions I would test a rough draft and then the next draft I tried to update would sometimes have to wait due to server issues,website service holdups/timeouts. Then again we all know what kind of work gets done when you work too late and or too long. Great job all on bringing it to attention and making the right contacts.
GO KBLB.
I never really clicked on this before, Google search says 8hrs ago, but you now how that really is.
http://www.kraiglabs.com/Silkworms-Spider-Silk.htm
Has this been up before? Maybe Klabs just added this section recently? Either way it answers some q's for people wondering about the silkworms in use.
Also Klabs updated the Nat Geo article to thier news info.
GO KBLB.
I like the video link from that site:
http://www.tecca.com/videos/?517240466
Cheesey but it's a start.
Pretty soon we'll start seeing the news hit mainstream TV news.
GO KBLB.
Thanks dadofduck. I updated the info.
I do see that Lewis is noted on a couple articles as being a researcher at Utah State, but I can't really find him on their website search. The only thing I found from him and Utah is a conference held in October about Nanofibers that he attended as one of many guest speakers.
Let me know if you find any other info about it and I'll add as necessary.
GO KBLB.
These next couple weeks are going to be exciting!