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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (303372)	6/29/2016 11:03:22 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542004

Yes, I've been following that. Not the credit battle, but the science. It will all happen. The designer babies, genetic cures for diseases, germ line gene hacking, genetically enhanced humans - it will all happen. We'll probably see hacked animals first, like these: Glow-in-the-dark cats In 2007, South Korean scientists altered a cat’s DNA to make it glow in the dark and then took that DNA and cloned other cats from it — creating a set of fluffy, fluorescent felines. Here’s how they did it: The researchers took skin cells from Turkish Angora female cats and used a virus to insert genetic instructions for making red fluorescent protein. Then they put the gene-altered nuclei into the eggs for cloning, and the cloned embryos were implanted back into the donor cats — making the cats the surrogate mothers for their own clones. What’s the point of creating a pet that doubles as a nightlight? Scientists say the ability to engineer animals with fluorescent proteins will enable them to artificially create animals with human genetic diseases. Take a closer look at what happens to these kitties when the lights go out: mnn.com I'm sure someone has already cloned humans, somewhere.