{"id":7100,"date":"2025-09-10T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/7100\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:38:06","slug":"worlds-first-gene-edited-horses-unveiled-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/7100\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first gene-edited horses unveiled in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/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":7101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[377,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-7100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-genetics","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}