well lewis was involved with transgenic silkworms at notre dame and is still involved with them now...i dont see it as such a surprising thing that he supports his own concept...
the next paragraph is what i found interesting...
""Scaling up production from transgenic animals could, however, prove problematic. “If I was investing in a spider silk company, I would look at classical biotechnology such as E. coli systems,” says Andrea Ricci, a senior analyst at RobecoSAM, a Swiss asset management company that invests in innovative material technologies. “Scaling up is pretty easy. But scaling up with goats or worms poses a completely different outlook.” Ricci is confident that synthetic spider silk could replace materials such as steel in a range of applications but warns that commercial success will depend on getting the cost right."
interesting...every scientist, no matter what their methods, think theirs is the best method...nothing much there to get excited about...
however this analyst with experience in innovative materials technology who has analyzed the various companies and methods believes that transgenic animals are not the way to go...an interesting expert opinion from a third party whose only goal is to pick the ones with the best chance to profit from...
wonder why kim cant get financing?...
tks for that article highlighting lewis' meaningless quote... it was an eye opener otherwise...
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