tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092630105483348281.post5592396266168866822..comments2013-06-17T09:47:14.554-07:00Comments on The Secret of Newton: Creepy or Creepy? BioSteelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092630105483348281.post-4876434842488833162009-07-24T07:00:50.086-07:002009-07-24T07:00:50.086-07:00I think the BioSteel project has been abandoned. T...I think the BioSteel project has been abandoned. They dissipated $ 70 millions of investors cash, and there are probably no more that a dozen transgenic goats still alive in a farm in Ontario. Check the news on their site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092630105483348281.post-39647318757039391192009-07-23T15:06:58.434-07:002009-07-23T15:06:58.434-07:00It's not *that* creepy. The goats are only 1/7...It's not *that* creepy. The goats are only 1/70,000th spider. The embryos are embellished with *one* gene that produces the necessary protein to make the silk. It's actually quite natural; that's the beauty and simplicity of it. The complicated part is recreating the weaving process once they've separated the protein from the milk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092630105483348281.post-21962852188973325752009-01-09T23:33:00.000-08:002009-01-09T23:33:00.000-08:00I'm really not a Ludite. But if there's not a red...I'm really not a Ludite. But if there's not a red flag being raised for you about BioSteel, how about a red cape? Red hand towel? Red napkin? Red piece of dryer lint???? Because it is not just a spidergoat, but a spider goat that's been engineered to be early lactating. <BR/><BR/>At least give the goat some time at least to have a childhood before it's forced into slinging milk webs. <BR/><BR/>This, like many of my posts, are to a degree tongue in cheek. I'm not going to go boycott Nexia or anything because, the fact is, if they do make light-strong backpacking goods, then I'd probably be all over it. <BR/><BR/>Also, I wanted to be a genetic engineer when I entered college. Then took my first o-chem class and decided that goat technology was not in the cards for me after all.Brian Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440717772959591023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092630105483348281.post-14988040534625063442009-01-09T19:31:00.000-08:002009-01-09T19:31:00.000-08:00I'm not even putting a poll widget on this one. C...<B>I'm not even putting a poll widget on this one.</B> Chicken! I think it's cool beans. I'm not afraid of genetic engineering. I seriously considered becoming a genetic engineer. I hope your frightened, mwa-ha-ha-ha!<BR/><BR/>Also, goats are actually very picky eaters but they will eat anything you hold out to them. And shoelaces. We used to raise goats. Also, did you know their pupils, instead of shrinking to smaller circular pupils, become rectangular?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com