{"id":413001,"date":"2025-09-10T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413001\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:24:11","slug":"worlds-first-gene-edited-horses-unveiled-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413001\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first gene-edited horses unveiled in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1342621_351119_reut_updates.jpg\" alt=\"World\u2019s first gene-edited horses unveiled in Argentina\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s first gene-edited horses unveiled in Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Argentinian scientists have unveiled the world\u2019s first-ever genetically modified horses that can run faster and have bigger muscles.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-month-old foals that look like ordinary horses were created in a lab using the controversial CRISPR-Cas9 technique. This technique allows experts to remove, add or alter sections of a DNA sequence. <\/p>\n<p>Experts have revealed that the fully grown up foals will have better speed and improved power. <\/p>\n<p>Though this genetic engineering might help riders win in Polo, it has started a controversial debate among horse breeders.<\/p>\n<p>A former professional Polo player and a breeder from Argentina, Marcos Heguy, said, \u201cThe practice of gene-edited horses ruins breeders. It\u2019s like painting a picture with artificial intelligence &#8211; the artist is finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kheiron Biotech, the company behind gene-altered horses, said that the technology has the potential to revolutionize horse breeding. <\/p>\n<p>The Argentina Polo Association has banned the gene-edited horses, saying, \u201cThe technique takes away the charm. It takes away the magic of breeding.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear how the association will enforce the ban, since no mandatory tests currently exist to distinguish between cloned, genetically engineered, or conventionally bred horses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first gene-edited horses unveiled in Argentina Argentinian scientists have unveiled the world\u2019s first-ever genetically modified horses that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-413001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115179754138852667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}