The night I invented 3D printing ' Saved by the silkworm . Is this knee implant really made from spider 's silk ? Professor Nick Skaer has created FibroFix implant that allows people to ` ` grow into '' it . It could help millions of people to avoid knee replacement surgery . Eventually , the material could help repairall varieties of human tissue -- including bone .
Is this knee implant really made from spider 's silk ? Professor Nick Skaer has created FibroFix implant that allows people to ` ` grow into '' it . It could help millions of people to avoid knee replacement surgery . Eventually , the material could help repairall varieties of human tissue -- including bone .