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Biosteel, n.
Brit. |ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)stiːl|, U.S. |ˈbaɪoʊˌstil|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ bio- comb. form + steel n.1]
A proprietary name for: a strong lightweight filamentous material made from biologically produced silk proteins, such as those obtained from the milk of goats into which a spider gene has been introduced.
1998Financial Post (Toronto) 11 Aug. 10/2 It would then be spun into strands of something Turner calls BioSteel. He says the product and the process to make it will be revolutionary. 2002Pop. Sci. Dec. 91/1 (caption) BioSteel, as it's called, is the first man-made fiber with spider-silk properties. 2008Independent (Nexis) 29 Apr. 10 A Canadian company..revealed it had created genetically-modified goats that could make spider silk proteins in their milk. However, their ‘biosteel’ product has yet to pass commercial tests. |