LANSING, Mich., April 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB:KBLB) announced today that Dr. Malcolm Fraser, a scientific consultant to Kraig, and a member of its Scientific Advisory Board, is the named inventor in a now pending provisional patent application describing a system and methodology for redirecting a cell's natural DNA repair processes to perform site-directed cleavage and targeted genetic insertion. The patent describes applications for producing genetically engineered silk fibers. The patent was filed earlier this year by the University of Notre Dame, where Dr. Fraser heads the University's Laboratory of Molecular Virology.
"This genetic engineering system for site-directed cleavage and insertion takes advantage of the DNA's own repair mechanism to insert our own genetic instructions," said Dr. Fraser. "In one of the most important aspects of the invention, it would be possible to insert genetic instructions for the production of polymers with different properties including elasticity and tensile strength."
"Such polymers could provide radically new fibers and textiles for a number of industries, including human health applications," continued Fraser.
The patent application was made pursuant to Kraig's sponsored research program at the University of Notre Dame and is subject to Kraig's intellectual property agreement with the University. That agreement provides for exclusive licensing rights for Kraig sponsored research.
"This is a huge step forward for Kraig, and it has the added benefit of giving us further intellectual property protection," said company CEO Kim Thompson. "The beauty of Dr. Fraser's invention is that it completely bypasses one of the biggest obstacles in this industry, and, we believe will allow for transgenic expression (of high performance and designer polymers) at levels equal to or approaching 100% of the expressed protein product," continued Thompson.
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