PHOENIX — Sensitized pet lovers may see respiratory relief as scientists have targeted an allergenic protein to delete from cat DNA, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
“We’re trying to use CRISPR gene editing to edit out the major allergen from cats, so that means you could have an allergen-free cat,” Nicole F. Brackett, PhD, senior scientist at INDOOR Biotechnologies told Healio.
By examining 136 publicly available exotic cat genomes across 38 species in the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s