It?s Spiderman?No, Spidergoat
As wary as we are about genetically-modified food, we?re tempted to succumb when new products are created that improve our personal lives, instead of simply making things easier for huge farming conglomerates. Perhaps GM companies will try to win us over to their side by seducing us with some of their new inventions.
One of these new products may be the genetically-modified ?spidergoat.? Scientists at the Canadian company Nexia have figured out how to combine the DNA from a goat and a spider to create a goat which produces silk that is five times stronger than steel. The fiber will be spun from the their milk, since science is not yet up to creating spinnerets on the stomachs of goats.
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