Only time will tell whether the five horses will be able to outpace their gene-gifting mother. However, Vichera and his team are confident about the results.
Kheiron’s CEO and founder, Daniel Sammartino, told Wired that this success puts his company and Argentina ahead of the world in precision gene editing. He stated that the company has the necessary permits and plans to do more.
Talking to Reuters, Vichera divulged that his team is also working on gene-editing pigs and cows. The goal with pigs is to make their organs more suited for transplants in humans. Meanwhile, with cows, they intend to make them better suited to living in hotter areas by giving them shorter hair.