Comments on: Spider Goats http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/ The stars are the beginning... Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian Hutchinson http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3372 Brian Hutchinson Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:08:37 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3372 Very cool article Mary! I will stop drinking goat’s milk now. We have been manipulating genes in humans and animals since the beginning, and plants. Now I would worry when they start mixing the three. On second thought, maybe coco beans +cows=chocolate milk. Now that I could go for! Very cool article Mary! I will stop drinking goat’s milk now. We have been manipulating genes in humans and animals since the beginning, and plants. Now I would worry when they start mixing the three. On second thought, maybe coco beans +cows=chocolate milk. Now that I could go for!

]]> By: Maurice Mitchell http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3359 Maurice Mitchell Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:55:47 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3359 I had no idea it was so hard to get spider silk. That's what I call "Weird science!" I had no idea it was so hard to get spider silk. That’s what I call “Weird science!”

]]> By: MPax http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3354 MPax Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:38 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3354 It would be similar to the pasteurization process to harvest the spider silk, Stephanie. So, the goats aren't spinning webs. I wonder if bugs would get stuck on spider alfalfa. It would be similar to the pasteurization process to harvest the spider silk, Stephanie. So, the goats aren’t spinning webs. I wonder if bugs would get stuck on spider alfalfa.

]]> By: stephanie brennan http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3353 stephanie brennan Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3353 Fascinating. It's cliche, but truth is stranger than fiction. I cannot begin to understand how spider silk in goat's milk can be 'harvested?' Alfalfa, maybe. But the uses certainly make it a worthwhile endeavor. Fascinating. It’s cliche, but truth is stranger than fiction. I cannot begin to understand how spider silk in goat’s milk can be ‘harvested?’ Alfalfa, maybe. But the uses certainly make it a worthwhile endeavor.

]]> By: MPax http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3352 MPax Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:29:03 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3352 It's quite amazing, Tonja. I'm interested in where they'll go next. Yes, the spider silk gene was first successfully added to mammal DNA back then, Matthias. It’s quite amazing, Tonja. I’m interested in where they’ll go next.

Yes, the spider silk gene was first successfully added to mammal DNA back then, Matthias.

]]> By: Matthias http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3351 Matthias Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:42:46 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3351 The BBC first reported on this in 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/889951.stm The BBC first reported on this in 2000.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/889951.stm

]]> By: Tonja http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3350 Tonja Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:34:34 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3350 Ick. Great if they can make medical advances, but it's still icky. None of these scientists saw 'The Fly' or 'Jurassic Park'? Ick. Great if they can make medical advances, but it’s still icky. None of these scientists saw ‘The Fly’ or ‘Jurassic Park’?

]]> By: Mary http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3349 Mary Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:36:18 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3349 We've manipulated genes for millennia developing livestock and crops. This is just using different technology. It's what we humans do, manipulate our world. I can see many practical applications in humans, Stuart. Making us healthier, for one. Wasn't there a spidy pig on The Simpsons? There's two companions for Spiderman, Allan. The Tumbas, The Backworld Series and The Hetty Locklear Series all use gene manipulation as science behind the story. We’ve manipulated genes for millennia developing livestock and crops. This is just using different technology. It’s what we humans do, manipulate our world.

I can see many practical applications in humans, Stuart. Making us healthier, for one.

Wasn’t there a spidy pig on The Simpsons? There’s two companions for Spiderman, Allan.

The Tumbas, The Backworld Series and The Hetty Locklear Series all use gene manipulation as science behind the story.

]]> By: Allan Douglas http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3348 Allan Douglas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:06:35 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3348 Gene splicing/manipulation is an element of many of my favorite stories; some of the things they come up with are pretty amazing. Perhaps the most memorable, though, (at the moment anyway) comes from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Restaurant At the End of the Universe and the cow that is bred to talk customers into eating it; "...perhaps a nice steak off of my rump?" Horror films use this a lot, but I don't care for horror - I prefer to be able to sleep at night. So... Spiderman might end up with a goat as a pet/companion? MMmmmmm... I'm not seeing that. :-) Looking forward to seeing what you do with this concept, Mary. Gene splicing/manipulation is an element of many of my favorite stories; some of the things they come up with are pretty amazing. Perhaps the most memorable, though, (at the moment anyway) comes from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Restaurant At the End of the Universe and the cow that is bred to talk customers into eating it; “…perhaps a nice steak off of my rump?”

Horror films use this a lot, but I don’t care for horror – I prefer to be able to sleep at night.

So… Spiderman might end up with a goat as a pet/companion? MMmmmmm… I’m not seeing that. :-)

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this concept, Mary.

]]> By: Stuart Nager http://mpaxauthor.com/2012/02/14/spider-goat/#comment-3347 Stuart Nager Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:06:23 +0000 http://mpaxauthor.com/?p=2512#comment-3347 just kinda wow and bizarre. Let's hope they stop at the goats and don't try to make a real Spiderman or woman. just kinda wow and bizarre. Let’s hope they stop at the goats and don’t try to make a real Spiderman or woman.

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