GENET-news articles on GE silk
2010-05-31 | permalink
GE goats produce silk in their milk: study
With his research team, molecular biology professor Randy Lewis has successfully implanted a herd of goats with the silk-making gene proteins from a golden orb spider. [...] Lewis first began exploring the possibility of harvesting spider silk from goat’s milk in talks with now-defunct Quebec company Nexia Biotechnologies.
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2010-05-31 | permalink
GE goats produce silk in their milk: study
With his research team, molecular biology professor Randy Lewis has successfully implanted a herd of goats with the silk-making gene proteins from a golden orb spider. [...] Lewis first began exploring the possibility of harvesting spider silk from goat’s milk in talks with now-defunct Quebec company Nexia Biotechnologies.
