I once did something similar....... I did all the gene splicing/sticky ends petri dish stuff.......And then produced a male goat called colin...i then did a highly scientific experiment which involved squeezing its testicles to see what noise it would make......Turns out it made the same noise as a horse............You can read about the rest of my findings in my published work entitled, ' How to make Spigoatie bollocknays.'
It was a very good programme.. the potential for the sciences coming out of this area of science is amazing.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics[[/QUOTE] I've just read the Guardian piece. I thought I provided a pretty decent overview there
My sperm has the spider gene protein in it. Must explain why The Hammerhead TM is so awesome and my daughters are so beautiful
Are you still on for the 4th round at the Bridge Bar? You may get the chance to meet them and be suitably gobsmacked
Not sure yet - like I said at the weekend the missus is going to be away so I may be stuck looking after the little one. Will have to see if I can get a babysitter.
Jesus. You don't want to watch that at home with your nipper. You're not as 'animated' as me, but nonetheless. The babysitter is a priority. I'd recommend sweats but..................................
As a brief aside to this, it was also recently announced that they've managed to splice the spider silk gene into silkworms in the correct location. The advantage to this is that the industry of silk manufacture is already well understood and long established. Silk is an already strong material (the *****ls wore silk under their usual armour to protect against arrows) but the addition of spider silk to this makes for a ready production medium, unlike the silk which needs extracting from milk...
