Spider silk is known for its tough as nails strength and pliable nature, making it an ideal material for application in items ranging from bulletproof vests to even artificial ligaments and tendons. While amassing enough of this miracle material can be a tedious task (spiders have a tendency to kill one another – so out goes the spider farm), a team of researchers have come up with a new way to splice the spider’s silk-making genes into goats. Meaning, when these genetically engineered goats start lactating, the silk can easily be harvested from their milk in large quantities. Welcome transgenic spider-goat hybrids.
This is certainly an odd article to publish with an encouraging tone on a web site dedicated to the environment.
Are you encouraging transgenic gene splicing?
This process seems antithetical to your \”green\” ideals.
lennyesq, I don’t understand your comment. How is creating a sustainable source for a natural super-fiber in any way not \”green”\ ?