Science Nation - Got Silk?
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Uploaded by VideosatNSF on May 3, 2010
Researchers are spinning spider silk from goats' milk - Spider silk and goat milk--what could possibly be the connection? Let's start with the spiders. Humans love spider webs, but aren't so crazy about their builders. While spiders make some people flinch, there's no escaping the appreciation for their masterful web construction. "There's a lot of interest in spider silk fibers because they're stronger than almost any other manmade fiber and they're also elastic," says Randy Lewis, professor of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
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@jayone451 You smell wrong. Genes modify how the body grows and shapes itself, it doesn't modify fully-formed bodies.
TheOtherLioyd 2 weeks ago
Well I want the gene for eagle vision and dogs hearing isolated and put into me so I can see and hear better! I SMELL SUPER SOLDIERS
jayone451 1 month ago
@MrLillico What? That the next we'll be doing is that we'll be drinking spider milk?
MSBasic 2 months ago
Is anyone else concerned about this?
MrLillico 3 months ago
mutant spider goats awesome!
striding 3 months ago
And people think I am crazy when I state we are products of the same.
skb0rzn 3 months ago
interesting
takanreunus 6 months ago
that's my uncle!
ajarrett05 1 year ago
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cijaytheone 1 year ago