BioSteeln.
/ˈbʌɪəʊstiːl/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌstil/ A proprietary name for: a strong lightweight filamentous material made from bioengineered silk proteins (see quot. 2008).
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1998 Financial Post (Canada) 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.
2002 Pop. Sci. Dec. 91/1 (caption) BioSteel, as it's called, is the first man-made fiber with spider-silk properties.
2008 Independent (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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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