Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Takes Spider Silk Optimization Beyond Genetics with New Dietary Additive Program
Candidate additives are being evaluated for effects on protein production and fiber performance; research remains in its early stages.
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (KBLB) launched a dietary-additive research program targeting spider silk protein production in its genetically enhanced silkworms.
The program focuses on supplying nutritional building blocks for specific spider silk proteins, complementing the company's genetic engineering work. Kraig Labs believes the approach could improve silk output and quality. Research remains in its early stages, with candidate additives being evaluated for their effects on protein production and fiber performance. Chief Scientist Xiaoli Zhang reported positive initial signs. The program joins existing research in genetic engineering, new genetically modified silkworm development and production scale-up.
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- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.The new dietary-additive program targets improved spider silk output and quality alongside genetic engineering.
- Minor pointInitial research results show positive signs, according to Chief Scientist Xiaoli Zhang.
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- Minor pointResearch remains in its early stages, with candidate additives still being evaluated.
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Program Adds Targeted Nutrition to Genetic Engineering to Fuel Spider Silk Proteins
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("the Company", "Kraig Labs", or "Kraig's"), a world leader in spider silk technology*, today announced that its research and development team launched a new program to optimize the production and performance of key spider silk proteins. The program uses targeted dietary additives, selected to fuel the production of those proteins inside Kraig Labs' genetically enhanced silkworms.
Kraig Labs has spent years perfecting the genetics that instruct the silkworms what to build. This program focuses on optimizing the building blocks, as nutrition supplies critical fuel.
Nutritional research in sericulture is not new. Earlier work looked at supplementing the silkworm's diet to improve silk in general. Kraig Labs is taking a different, targeted approach focused on fueling spider silk proteins specifically. The program will provide key dietary building blocks to fuel the silkworm's own internal silk production. The goal is to promote optimal protein production and construction of key spider silk proteins.
"Our silkworms are already extraordinary silk factories," said Kim Thompson, Founder and CEO of Kraig Labs. "We have engineered them to produce spider silk proteins. Now we are working to fuel those exact proteins from the inside. This is a new lever for performance and it works in collaboration with everything we are already doing in genetics."
Kraig Labs believes the program could improve both the output and quality of its recombinant spider silk. The work is in its early stages. The R&D team is evaluating candidate additives and measuring their effect on spider silk protein production and fiber performance.
"Dietary nutrition is key for optimal silk production," said Dr. Xiaoli Zhang, Chief Scientist at Kraig Labs. "By targeting specific dietary components, we can enhance the production of the spider silk proteins our genetic constructs are designed to express. Initial results show positive signs. We are excited to explore how much further this approach can take us."
The program adds to Kraig Labs' growing R&D efforts. It joins the Company's work in advanced genetic engineering, new transgenic development, and production scale-up. Together, they aim to strengthen both the performance of Kraig Labs' spider silk and the efficiency of the production system behind it.
The Company's leadership in biomaterials was recently spotlighted on the cover of the March 2026 issue of National Geographic, highlighting the growing importance and predominance of our work in scaling spider silk production.
Interested persons can order a copy of National Geographic featuring Kraig Labs at https://ngsingleissues.nationalgeographic.com/natgeo-march-2026.
You can purchase a digital copy of the article directly from National Geographic at https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/spider-silk-silkworm-genetic-engineering.
You can see Kraig Labs featured in Veritasium's spider silk video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt4p2oalmRY.
For the latest updates on Kraig Labs and its pioneering spider silk technologies, visit www.kraiglabs.com.
For details about recent Kraig Labs advancements, please watch the Company's investor updates at www.kraiglabs.com/videos or on the Company's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@kraigbiocraftlaboratories2270.
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* For a description of our historical leadership in this technology, please follow this link https://www.kraiglabs.com/world-leader/.
Kraig Labs Technology is built on a scientifically engineered silkworm, which incorporates key spider silk proteins to produce recombinant spider silk.
About Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (www.KraigLabs.com), a reporting biotechnology company is the leading developer of genetically engineered spider silk-based fiber technologies.
The Company has achieved a series of scientific breakthroughs in the area of spider silk technology with implications for the global textile industry.
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What is Kraig Biocraft Laboratories' new dietary-additive program designed to do?
The program targets spider silk protein production by supplying selected nutritional building blocks to genetically enhanced silkworms. Kraig Labs believes it could improve silk output and quality while complementing its genetic engineering work.