Humans have been Selective cat and dog breeding for thousands of years to make pets more desired. A new startup is called Los Angeles project aims to accelerate that process with genetic techniques to create rabbits and dogs without allergies, possibly, one day, real unicorn.
The Los Angeles project is the brainchild of Biohacker Josie Zayner, who in 2017, openly injected himself. Crispl During a conference in San Francisco and broadcast it live. I want to help people change their own inheritance She said at that time. She also gives me one Fecal and A Cell -coval diy vaccine And the founder and CEO of Odin, a company that sells genetic technical kits at home.
Now, Zayner wants to create the next generation of pets. I think, as a human being, it is our kind of moral privilege to increase the animal, she said.
Founding with Cathy Tiel Biotechnology Entrepreneur, a former Thiel member, Los Angeles project is all about creating more complex and more interesting and unique animals compared to those who are present. Existing, Zayner said. The name of Austin -based company is a nod with another controversial effort, Manhattan project, developed the first atomic bomb during World War II.
Over the past year, the Los Angeles project has been operating in the stealth mode while its five groups tested embryos from frogs, fish, field mice and rabbits. They used Crisplies to delete genes and insert new people, later it is difficult to achieve more technically. They are also testing a lesser known technique called integrated through limited enzyme intermediaries, or remai, to integrate new DNA into embryos. Make these modifications at the level of embryo changing the genetic makeup of animals.
The team used Crisplies to add a gene to rabbit embryos to create green fluorescent protein or GFP. Zayner said they were aiming to transfer embryos to be designed to female rabbits this week. If everything goes smoothly, the company will have bright rabbits in a month. (Rabbits have pregnancy only from 31 to 33 days.)
They will not be the first glowing animal to be created. GFP is often used by scientists to monitor visually and monitor the activity of genes or cell processes in an organism, often to study diseases. Researchers have previously created a rodent of fluorescent, monkeys, dogs, cats and rabbits, but none of these animals are created for commercial purposes. But the Los Angeles project is designing glowing rabbits and other animals to sell to consumers. I think the pet space is huge and completely underestimated.