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[Capmaster]

Biotech firm seeks to create hypoallergenic cats
By Paul Elias, Associated Press


The biotechnology revolution is shaking up the pet world.
First came a cloned cat. Then came the fish genetically engineered to glow.


Scientists are attempting to "silence" a gene in cats that produces an allergic reaction in humans.
By Jennifer DeMonte, The Daily Inter Lake

Now, a Los Angeles company is exploiting the latest in biotechnology to create cats genetically engineered to be nearly free from the allergy-causing proteins that plague millions of people.

Allerca Inc. president Simon Brodie said by 2007 the company will use RNA interference to "silence" a gene in cats that produces the irritant, which is excreted through saliva and the skin.

Scientists researching everything from cancer to crops are using RNA interference to silence genes to create drugs, gene-searching tools and even a new way of decaffeinating coffee.

Now Brodie hopes to bring that same promise to the cat world and eliminate the need for allergic cat lovers to receive symptom-reducing shots while encouraging others put off by the allergy to buy a pet for the first time.

The company is now accepting $350 deposits for the British Short Hair breed of cats it plans to charge $3,500 a piece for in the United States and $10,000 each in Japan. Brodie said he hoped to ultimately sell about 200,000 of the genetically engineered cats a year. The four-person company has yet to engineer any cats, which will be spayed and neutered to prevent breeding with naturally born felines.

Using the genetically engineered pet fish as a guide, Brodie said he doesn't expect to run up against federal regulators. Neither the Department of Agriculture nor the Food and Drug Administration stepped into regulate the Florida-bred GloFish — a common zebra fish that has been implanted with a fluorescent sea anemone gene — because it wasn't meant for human consumption.

Federal regulators with the two agencies couldn't be reached late Tuesday.

"Obviously, things can change," Brodie said. "But as long as people don't start eating cats and they don't enter the food chain, then we should be handled like the GloFish."

[tekkieman]

Just wait until they discover the gene responsible for post whoring!

[yoda313]

Just wait until they discover the gene responsible for post whoring!

Hello,

Shh.... I found it! (how else do you think I posted over 3400 in 4 months! )

Kevin

[Doramius]

The only reason they are spaying and neutering the animals is because they want to keep the rights and priveleges of breeding the animals and charge an arm & leg for a meager pussy.

[yoda313]

Hello,

charge an arm & leg for a meager pussy.

Is it just me or is that a weird image????

Kevin

[CoasterCreator]

I just heard about that ...kind of expensive for a kitty I already placed a deposit on the first womcow

[tgpo]

Milk does a body good.

[northcat_8]

I just heard about that ...kind of expensive for a kitty I already placed a deposit on the first womcow

.... ..... .....ummm...excuse me, I'll be back in a little bit.

[Capmaster]

I just heard about that ...kind of expensive for a kitty I already placed a deposit on the first womcow

Got that in sheep? 8)

[CoasterCreator]

go Cappy go make a break for it

[Capmaster]

go Cappy go make a break for it

Good one. Leave it to you to have a GIF of that

[Dr. DOS]

I'll be takin' one of them there womcows please.....

[Heywould3]

sorry for going a bit off topic here.. but i think it would be money better spent if the took all the researchers and scientists and used them to cure cancer and aids.. .. if you cant be near a cat then get a dog.. dont spend millions on crap like that..

as far as teh wocow.. yeee haawwww where do i sign up for mine?

[ViRaL1]

I just heard about that ...kind of expensive for a kitty I already placed a deposit on the first womcow

Womcow?? That's udderly ridiculous!

sorry for going a bit off topic here.. but i think it would be money better spent if the took all the researchers and scientists and used them to cure cancer and aids.. .. if you cant be near a cat then get a dog.. dont spend millions on crap like that..

as far as teh wocow.. yeee haawwww where do i sign up for mine?

I try to be happy, but it's hard. I wish I had A Kitty. I wish I could hold A kitty. I wish I could Hold A kitty that wouldn't chew ON me and try to bury Its turds IN the leaves of my burlap body. I wish that Very much.

Thank You,

Billy " Smiles " Evans

[Capmaster]

try to be happy, but it's hard. I wish I had A Kitty. I wish I could hold A kitty. I wish I could Hold A kitty that wouldn't chew ON me and try to bury Its turds IN the leaves of my burlap body. I wish that Very much.

I had almost forgotten that one. A classic

Womcow?? That's udderly ridiculous!

Groaner alert

Yeah, but she might be kinky. Does she do wierd stuff with fingers and other parts like licking?? Does she lac-tose?

(OMG I just realized how bad that was )

[ViRaL1]

Lactose?

[Capmaster]

Lactose?

Lac-tose ..."lick toes". I know ...it stunk on ice. I'm so embarassed ...

[ViRaL1]

NO!!! KITTY IS A BAD KITTY!!!

[Capmaster]

NO!!! KITTY IS A BAD KITTY!!!

Meeoowwwww?!?

[Doramius]

Cartman: Mom. Kitty is being a Dildo.

Mrs. Cartman: Well I know one kitty that's sleeping with mommy tonite.