Because the spider's silk gland is similar to a goat's mammary glands, Nexia's transgenic goats excreted spider-silk protein in their milk. But the company still faced the daunting task of turning ...

For instance, of seven goat kids born in February 2010, three have tested positive for having the silk protein gene. When these transgenic goats have kids and start lactating, the researchers will ...

Officials at Nexia Biotechnologies Inc., the Canadian company that raises the goats, envision a burgeoning market for its spider-silk fiber, which it calls BioSteel.

The company plans to use its "proprietary transgenic goat technology" for mass production and reports it has already developed a number of male and female BioSteel founder goats, and that females ...

Lewis concentrated on roughly 50 patented transgenic “spider goats” that live at Utah State and produce milk that contains the spider silk protein, he said.

When the transgenic goats give milk they produce the spider silk protein and then we get it and keep trying to find ways to make it useful in a practical sense.

It’s been 12 years since he first isolated the genes that produce high-performance spider silk, and he garnered international attention for his transgenic goats, whose DNA has been altered to ...

Using genetic engineering, scientists have created transgenic goats and mice which produce spider silk proteins in their milk.While mouse milk hasn't yet hit the alterative milk scene — let's ...

LOGAN — A team of researchers at Utah State University say spider silk may be the material of the future — and they’re using goats to help mass-produce it.