HowieDawn....I first saw this on Good Morning America on Friday. The science editor, Michael Gillan (sp?) used the term injection and showed a graphic of the gene being injected into Andi (which means Injected DNA, backwards).

I know that this whole topic is very thought provoking and emotional. I am the first to want to see cures for so many of the diseases that affect us as humans, and am very sorry to hear of your grandmother's Alzheimer's. It has to be a tremendously difficult experience for you and so saddening to see her that way. I know that without experimenting on animals we wouldn't have made many of the advances that we have made today. I guess what I am thinking is that it sort of scares me to see the manipulating that man can do of species that were designed differently by their creator. We are at the point where our knowledge is getting us into situations that previous generations would never have dreamed of. I agree that cats and dogs probably will not be used (at least in the near future) in this way because the monkey is closer to us genetically. Anyway, thank you for your input. It is a fascinating and scary topic to ponder.