Allergic to cats?

If you are allergic to cats but would still like to have someone to watch soccer with, help is at hand. An American company has announced that it has been able to breed cats that do not cause allergic reactions due to their lack of the Fel d 1 protein. A related National Geographic article can be found here.

The interesting thing is that they have allegedly succeeded in theif feat through “natural” cross-breeding, and no “unnatural” gene alterations have been made (the inverted commas are there for a reason). To me, it sounds a bit like Pixar’s recent announcement that they want to revitalise Disney’s hand drawn animation. Which I am all for, of course.