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Old 08-11-2010, 08:36 AM
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Spider... goat?
Old article, but my wife just sent it to me. Canadian Biotech company and the US government genetically engineered cows and goats to lactate synthetic spider silk.

http://www.wired.com/science/discove.../2002/01/49828
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Old 08-11-2010, 08:59 AM
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Old 08-11-2010, 10:11 AM
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Cool and wierd.

And that article is 8 years old... I guess they haven't made much progress since?
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This note is only a year old:

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/...0News/2425431/

And from AFMNET's own website - just a title:

http://www.afmnet.ca/project/summary.html?pid=126
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on a strength to weight ratio, isnt spider web stronger than steel?

something like that?
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Originally Posted by chimchimm5
Cool and wierd.

And that article is 8 years old... I guess they haven't made much progress since?
yeah i read that in national geographic in high school did a report on it and i graduted in 01

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on a strength to weight ratio, isnt spider web stronger than steel?

something like that?
haha someones been watching the first spiderman movie!

but yes it is lighter stronger....faster wait no thats a kanye song
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"Does whatever a spider-goat does!"
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hahahaha!
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