Genetically Engineered Pets Are Coming (opens in new tab)

Last week I wrote about the possibilities of genetically engineering humans. The quickie version is this – we are already using genetic engineering (CRISPR) for somatic changes to treat diseases, and other applications are likely to follow. Engineering germline cells, which would get into the human gene pool, are legally and ethically fraught, but it’s […] The post Genetically Engineered Pets Are Coming first appeared on NeuroLogica Blog.