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Gene editing in farm animals proposed


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Cows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty.

A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. It sounds like science fiction, but Recombinetics sees opportunity for its technology in the livestock industry.

But first, it needs to convince regulators that gene-edited animals are no different than conventionally bred ones. To make the technology appealing and to ease any fears that it may be creating Franken-animals, Recombinetics isn't starting with productivity. Instead, it's introducing gene-edited traits as a way to ease animal suffering.

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-farm-animals-features-gene.html

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The fast and easy way is never the proper way.

No good will come from this.......

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I'd like to see some flying pigs I would ... and rainbow farting ponies ...

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4 minutes ago, third_eye said:

I'd like to see some flying pigs I would ... and rainbow farting ponies ...

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You will if the fat spam muncher actually tells the truth. :yes:

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i want them to genetically modify dogs so they live close to what humans live, every 15 years, on average, i lose a family member,  i really hate that.

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