Nexia is tackling a materials-science conundrum that has stumped even DuPont for 20 years:how to synthesize spider silk.
FORBES: Charlotte's Goat
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In 1998 Nexia flew 130 goats from New Zealand to its facilities on the Plattsburgh base, so the herd could quickly expand.
FORBES: Charlotte's Goat
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But Jeffrey Turner, the molecular geneticist behind the goat gambit and chief executive of publicly held Nexia Biotechnologies, has more pragmatic goals.