Chinese engineer "super beagles"

[Diamondback]

Seems a waste of time and energy to be. An 80# German Shepherd is bad ass without genetic engineering.

Selective breeding was bioengineering before the term was even coined. Just a very slow way to do it... I'm not going to be impressed until somebody finds a way to resurrect the ne plus ultra of land carnivores from 65 million years of extinction.

[SteyrAUG]

Selective breeding was bioengineering before the term was even coined. Just a very slow way to do it... I'm not going to be impressed until somebody finds a way to resurrect the ne plus ultra of land carnivores from 65 million years of extinction.

Yep, also selective breeding probably has far fewer unintended consequences. I remember when everyone thought genetic medicine was going to be easy and the wave of the future, and then suddenly it wasn't and everyone figured out it was going to be a lot longer before we even understood what we were doing let alone arrive at "practical applications."

[Diamondback]

Steyr, I'm an '80s/'90s kid and was a huge Jurassic Park fan--I remember when everybody was divided between "genetic engineering can cure anything even extinction" or "genetic engineering will wipe out all life on earth" with no middle ground. (As you might have guessed, there was a phase where I wanted to successfully reassemble the tyrannosaur genome and figure out how to grow one... LOL)

[Cold/Bore]

I’m thinking that in 15-20 years, the Chinese are going to be winning a lot more medals in the Olympics.

I have a friend who lived in China for 5 years and this news and some of the stories he’s told me about Chinese ethics (we’re speaking in gross generalities), this is concerning. We’re talking about a people that is highly motivated, largely devoid of a conscience, and whose government is very ambitious.

[mrbieler]

Worst time on my job was working at a lab that tested on beagles. They're so compliant and friendly, they're easy to work with. Sights and sounds I'll never forget.