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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT
    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 12, 2001

                      PROTEIN POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                       0-19724               33-0311631
(State or other jurisdiction of          (Commission           (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)          File Number)        Identification No.)


10655 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego California                   92121
    (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:            (858) 558-6064


                                Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.        Other Events.

     (a)  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation.

          (i)  On June 12, 2001, the Registrant filed a Certificate of Amendment
to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware,
increasing the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, that
the Registrant has the authority to issue from 40,000,000 to 60,000,000 shares.
The stockholders of the Registrant approved the Certificate of Amendment at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 18, 2001. The Certificate of
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein in its entirety.

Item 7.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits.

Exhibit Number   Description of Document
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99.1             Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation


                                  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:    June 14, 2001                   PROTEIN POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                         By: /s/ J. Thomas Parmeter
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                 J. Thomas Parmeter
                                                 Chief Executive Officer


                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number      Description of Document
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99.1                Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation

EX-99.1

                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

                           certificate of amendment

                                      of

                         certificate of incorporation

                                      of

                      protein polymer technologies, inc.,
                            A Delaware Corporation



          Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "Corporation"):
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          DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

          FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
resolutions were duly adopted setting forth proposed amendments of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, declaring said amendments to be
advisable and seeking the approval of the stockholders of the Corporation to
such amendments.

          SECOND: The last sentence of subsection (a) of Article IV of the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and
in lieu thereof is substituted by the following:

          "The total number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is
          Sixty Million (60,000,000) and each such share shall have a par value
          of one cent ($.01)."

          THIRD: That the foregoing amendments to the Corporation's Certificate
of Incorporation were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section
242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Amendment to be executed on this 12th day of June, 2001.



                                         PROTEIN POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



                                         By: /s/ J. Thomas Parmeter
                                             ___________________________________
                                                 J. Thomas Parmeter,
                                                 President




Attest: /s/ Janis Neves
        ____________________________
         Janis Neves,
         Assistant Secretary