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MeatEater Conservation

Ep. 154: Hypo-Allergenic Cats, Chernobyl, and Positive News From Florida

MeatEater Conservation

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness, Education

4.99.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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This week, Cal talks about Hypo allergenic cats, Chernobyl, positive news from Florida, and so much more. 

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0:00.0

From mediators' world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

0:08.1

presented by Steel.

0:10.3

Steel products are available only at authorized dealers.

0:13.2

For more, go to StealDealers.com.

0:16.5

Now here's your host, Ryan Calcane.

0:22.3

The biotech company in bio recently made headlines by announcing that they are on the verge

0:28.3

of creating hypoallergenic house cats.

0:31.7

Can you imagine?

0:33.7

How do they do this, you ask?

0:36.2

By using CRISPR gene editing technology.

0:39.8

As you likely know, cat allergies are triggered by a protein in a cat's saliva.

0:45.3

When the cat cleans itself, it spreads saliva, a fancy word for spit, containing that protein

0:51.2

all over its fur.

0:52.6

The saliva dries and flakes off, we breathe it in, and boom!

0:57.2

Forth-route and a stuffy nose.

0:59.4

In bio, demonstrated their ability to remove bits of DNA at the site of production of this

1:04.8

specific protein called FELD1.

1:09.1

The scientists snipped out the genetic code and the resulting DNA produced almost no FELD1.

1:16.0

Now I'm amazed by this technology, and you know, disappointed that its first application

1:21.8

is for something as superficial as itchy eyes.

1:25.4

If you're allergic to cats, don't have a cat.

1:28.8

If we're already under the hood of cat DNA, so to speak, how about we bust out the bigger

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