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![Dr. Randy Lewis](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/2c200d6a-b757-4f5c-b611-9d73eb2b71b0_rw_1920.jpg?h=f9aee6ad079b759b81361500d620556e)
Dr. Randy Lewis
![The Golden Orb Weaver.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/6b5134e3-ad7c-4953-9532-d5d13f4e67b4_rw_1920.jpg?h=9997c9132789ae01d71a44f383d77e67)
The Golden Orb Weaver.
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![Goats implanted with spider DNA.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/40a66afc-1521-4309-8f80-6595e744c09f_rw_1920.jpg?h=c4baff6469552062199a198335bfdb28)
Goats implanted with spider DNA.
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![silkworms](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/7713c9ad-acb9-4ed2-a329-4029d61eec04_rw_1920.jpg?h=547b82d490b9844acc4e93aa2ca884fe)
silkworms
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![Spider taped down to extract silk.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/c2b86f5c-afcc-4de0-9b51-5537fc92f331_rw_1920.jpg?h=31d969e23e9bcfc4caaa472ac033e9a2)
Spider taped down to extract silk.
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![Dragline being pulled out of a spider.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/4911bafc-9014-4d07-b3a4-43245c4f9866_rw_1920.jpg?h=d1684dd9ecd77c0191fc36a4830f583f)
Dragline being pulled out of a spider.
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![Spider silk proteins dissolved into "spindope."](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/8d658767-2799-4b00-a80a-949b916a11ed_rw_1920.jpg?h=e13c945360b08863688fd2092bbc788d)
Spider silk proteins dissolved into "spindope."
![Tensile strength test.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/196a03c4-4c95-4657-bd4d-22f4960b6037/55b8ae98-fdc1-435a-b3c0-6d15f8d68fbc_rw_1200.jpg?h=2a0e2ddf543ac44226085df8320266d4)
Tensile strength test.
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Dr. Randy Lewis' groundbreaking transgenic research about the golden orb weaver spider and its nearly indestructible spider silk.