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"Gene doping" sounds like a term straight out of a cyberpunk/biopunk story, but it's not something that's going to be fictional for long. This will probably be used in sporting events for animals first, but I also remember reading a while back that Chinese scientists were working on increasing muscularity in dogs to engineer greater guard dogs.Kheiron Biotech using clones thoroughbred horses and announced in 2017 that they would use CRISPR gene editing to create super horses.
They plan to perform myostatin inhibition to boost the muscles in horses.
They will develop horses with more muscle mass, which could run faster for longer distances and jump higher. At the end of 2017, Kheiron-Biotech announced that they have healthy embryos created by this type of gene editing that the horses will be born by 2019.
In 2016, six cloned polo ponies won the Argentinian Open with polo star Adolfo Cambiaso on board. The first horse was cloned in 2003, with the other main laboratory in the business of bettering breeding being Crestview Genetics, based in Texas.
When it comes to clones, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) lifted a ban in 2013.
This result is related to a prediction that I made in 2006. I predicted that gene doping would rampant in horse and dog racing. However, I expected this back in 2008. Gene editing has been possible for quite a while. There could have been gene doping that was not detected. The Kheiron-Biotech work is a very public development of super horses.
Assuming you can do it to non-human animals, then you could also do it to humans. Will we ever see CRISPR-engineered UFC fighters or NBA players? What do you think? Should this be legal? Will it have huge implications?
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2019-01-11, 04:46 PM #1Titan
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Stronger and faster horses to be made through gene editing
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2019-01-11, 04:57 PM #2The Undying
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Rather have them experimenting on horses and dogs than humans.
At least until we know what we're doing.
I also wouldn't be surprised that things like speed depend on hundreds of gene combinations and not just one gene. So something like speed might be very very complicated and take years to sort out..
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2019-01-11, 05:02 PM #3Over 9000!
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First and foremost this will lead to many sick and tortured animals. Ask yourself why this tpye of "advancement" is never conducted in the first world.
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2019-01-11, 05:10 PM #4Titan
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We genetically edit species all the time. One of the most ambitious projects I've heard about are generally drives centered around eliminating certain invasive or infected populations of animals like carp in North America (Daughterless Carp Project) or the gene drives planned to fight malaria in mosquitoes in Africa.
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2019-01-11, 05:12 PM #5I am Murloc!
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Bring it on. I want to have genetic super soldier grandchildren.
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2019-01-11, 05:13 PM #6Herald of the Titans
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Good, we need stronger horses to plow the fields faster.
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2019-01-11, 07:09 PM #7Merely a Setback
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why? why should dogs or horses suffer when theres enough human beings on the planet to test on. Originally Posted by Hubcap
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2019-01-11, 07:36 PM #8The Insane
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That has fuck-all to do with gene editing and everything to do with people finding a horse with a harmful tendency to build muscle and overworking it on purpose. Originally Posted by Rudkobing
Great.....
mutant horses.....
There can't be anything horrible that comes from that......
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2019-01-11, 07:49 PM #9Titan
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Yeah, I don't think it'll be that extreme lol. At least not yet... Originally Posted by Vanyali
I wonder if this is the slow beginning of designer pets. First it'll be gene doping for sports performance and utilitarian purposes, but then you will have people engineering strains of domesticated animals and even patenting them. You could potentially even open the floodgates for wild species of animals like African wild dogs and black bears to be "genetically domesticated".
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2019-01-11, 10:39 PM #10The Unstoppable Force
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Pah, child's play! I have already created a mechanic beast with the power of a hundred horses!
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2019-01-11, 10:40 PM #11The Patient
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Should see British police horses, they are already plenty big enough... Genuinely very intimidating.
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2019-01-11, 10:44 PM #12The Unstoppable Force
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This is the horse that Jack built.
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2019-01-11, 10:45 PM #13The Lightbringer
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All hail our new horse master race !
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2019-01-11, 10:46 PM #14The Undying
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myostatin inhibitors...
For those not knowing, myostatin is a protein that inhibits muscle growth. If you're a weightlifter, this isn't necessarily a bad thing since bone strength needs to be proportionally strong. (Ever hear or see someone break bones while lifting weights? Horrifying)
Going to be a lot of dead horses...
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2019-01-13, 08:21 PM #15Merely a Setback
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No need, I already got myself a Silver Dapple Pinto Missouri Fox Trotter in chapter 3 (from a Bounty Hunter) so I'm good! ^__^
On a serious note, how about they focus on editing out health issues in already existing pet species...?
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2019-01-13, 08:29 PM #16The Insane
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And they'll be talking horses. Originally Posted by mmoc99f92469a2
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I would get a refund, a Jaguar with such weak horse power?! A Ford Focus has 140! Originally Posted by Powerogue
Pah, child's play! I have already created a mechanic beast with the power of a hundred horses!
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2019-01-13, 08:29 PM #17The Lightbringer
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Probably because they don't want to deal with people hulking out. Originally Posted by Trassk
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2019-01-13, 08:30 PM #18Titan
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Rather they test it on condemned to die criminals then animals. Or just criminals in general who comitted acts of violence im not that picky.
Same goes for all lab testing.
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2019-01-13, 08:32 PM #19The Insane
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Damn those criminal embryos! Originally Posted by mmocdfcebdf57c
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2019-01-13, 08:36 PM #20Legendary!
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Because of a moral code that I disagree with. That's the entire answer. Originally Posted by XDurionX
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