Eggscaping
Enjoying Life!
...because I just saw this: Scientists make gene-edited chickens in bid to halt next pandemic
...and I read the article and wow...that's really impressive to me. They are going to take a bit of DNA material from chicken embryos and make a chicken that can't get the flu so that a flu virus can't pass from wild bird to chicken to pig/human and make new, nastier possibly pandemic flu's.
Of course I think I heard something about a chicken modification that was made and the resulting roosters couldn't do the 'rooster dance' and so the chicken didn't realize he was trying to mate with her and next thing the rooster is hauled into court and charged with assault and battery on the hen! From what I remember, the case is tied up in appeals...
...and I read the article and wow...that's really impressive to me. They are going to take a bit of DNA material from chicken embryos and make a chicken that can't get the flu so that a flu virus can't pass from wild bird to chicken to pig/human and make new, nastier possibly pandemic flu's.
Of course I think I heard something about a chicken modification that was made and the resulting roosters couldn't do the 'rooster dance' and so the chicken didn't realize he was trying to mate with her and next thing the rooster is hauled into court and charged with assault and battery on the hen! From what I remember, the case is tied up in appeals...
