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P L A T T S B U R G H, N. Y., June 18 — About 150 goats that have been bred with a spider gene are to be housed on 60 acres of a former Air Force base here. Montreal-based Nexia Biotechnologies, Inc., plans for the goats to arrive Tuesday. The company said up to 1,500 genetically-altered goats may eventually live there. Fifteen weapons-storage buildings were converted — by adding light and feeding water lines — into animal holding pens for the project. “We feel the site ... is a real adequate site and is in a very secure setting,” Isabelle Trombley-Summers, Nexia site director of agricultural affairs, told the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. The goats have been bred with a spider gene so their milk provides a unique protein. The company then plans to extract the protein from the milk to produce fibers — called BioSteel — for bulletproof vests, aerospace and medical supplies. Spider silk has a unique combination of strength and elasticity with an ultra-lightweight fiber. Spinning a
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