Replies to post #104139 on Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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Hi CK,

To my knowledge, they don't necessarily "own" any process other than the ones that they patented so far. They had leased the piggyBac transposon previously to create Monster Silk and gotten a license to use Zinc Finger transposons to create Big Red. Ben told me that he believed that Dragon Silk was made using a different method, so I assume it was CRISPR/Cas9 as it seems to be the most popular gene editing method currently. In addition, you don't necessarily need to have asexual reproduction in order guarantee passing along genetic traits. There is now something called the Gene Drive that uses the CRISPR system that basically forces traits to be passed down to every offspring. Check out this video for more details if you have a spare couple hours: https://vimeo.com/144647180