Genetically Modified Goats Comic Cover
I originally created this artwork for a U-Haul truck graphic concept that was based on obscure education but the idea was turned down ( I was the creator of all the U-Haul truck graphics from 1997-2013). I contacted the CEO of Nexia to see if he was interested in the art. He loved it and asked to purchase the art to hang in their corporate office.
BioSteel™ Goats have been genetically modified to produce the protein from Golden Orb Weaver Spider silk in their milk. This means that the gene that codes for protein that spiders use for their silk was transferred through laboratory techniques into the goats’ genome.
BioSteel™ was an original project of Nexia Biotechnologies Inc, a Canadian corporation which engineered the goats with financial support from the U.S. Departemnt of Defense. In 2008, the BioSteel™ herd was acquired by the laboratory of Dr. Randy Lewis at Utah State University in Logan, UT. Dr. Lewis is a pioneering researcher in the genetics, protein structure, and production of spider silk. Dr. Lewis donated Freckles, one of the original Nexia BioSteel™ Goats to the Center for PostNatural History in 2013.
BioSteel™ Goats have been genetically modified to produce the protein from Golden Orb Weaver Spider silk in their milk. This means that the gene that codes for protein that spiders use for their silk was transferred through laboratory techniques into the goats’ genome.
BioSteel™ was an original project of Nexia Biotechnologies Inc, a Canadian corporation which engineered the goats with financial support from the U.S. Departemnt of Defense. In 2008, the BioSteel™ herd was acquired by the laboratory of Dr. Randy Lewis at Utah State University in Logan, UT. Dr. Lewis is a pioneering researcher in the genetics, protein structure, and production of spider silk. Dr. Lewis donated Freckles, one of the original Nexia BioSteel™ Goats to the Center for PostNatural History in 2013.