Genetic engineering comes to the home
Folks, it's not the supersoldiers you have to worry about. It's the hypoallergenic cats:
A small California biotech company says it has successfully found the Holy Grail of the $35 billion pet industry: a hypoallergenic cat.
At the start of next year, the first kittens -- which the company calls ``lifestyle pets" -- will be delivered to eager owners who have been carefully screened and on a waiting list for more than two years. Since it announced the project in October 2004, Allerca of San Diego, says it has received inquiries from people in 85 countries seeking to buy a cat bred so that its glands do not produce the protein responsible for most human cat allergies.
I wonder if the cats that they sell are going to come pre-neutered? Seems like an obvious way to protect their intellectual property.
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Yes, pre-neutered and with an EULA prohibiting resale to anyone not an immediate family member, or any use for reverse-engineering purposes.
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October 7, 2006 04:29 PM