It has started genetic breakthru news being released

[Sterling]

Breakthrough in Equine Reproduction: Live Foal Born after Embryo Biopsy, Vitrification and Transfer
Minitube International has achieved a scientific breakthrough that will allow for genetic testing and preservation of equine embryos. The world's first foal from a biopsied and vitrified embryo transferred into a surrogate mare was born on Wednesday January 27, 2010 at Minitube International Center for Biotechnology in Mount Horeb, WI. Both the mother "Lola" and foal are doing well. The birth of "Biopsita" marks a new era in horse breeding, providing horse breeders with an opportunity to directly test embryos for genetic traits including gender, coat color, genetic diseases, etc., and select desirable genetics from stallion and mare combinations. The study will be presented at the 10th International Symposium on Equine Reproduction being held in Kentucky this July.

According to Mats Troedsson, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT the Director of the Gluck Equine Research Center at the University of Kentucky and Director of Equine Research for Minitube International, "Embryo transfer and cryopreservation have been steadily gaining traction in equine reproduction as the technology further develops and the equestrian community adjusts registry requirements. But the ability to genetically screen an equine embryo before transfer would change horse breeding as we know it today. The economics would just make sense."

[vifarmgirl]

Interesting stuff for sure!

[wwa]

Interesting for sure... but scary at the same time... I personally don't like it when we 'humans' mess with 'nature' like that...

Have you ever seen the movie Gattaca? I wonder how close we are to producing 'super humans' that way...

[Mercedes]

Holy crap, Batman! The implications are almost unfathomable.

[Sterling]

Actually the suggestions are now that they have the capability to inject genetic material from different sires and dams into the mix. So the near future could be that your foal could be a result of different sires, they are not as successful yet in splicing material from the dams as of yet but have published that they are more than capable of using more than one sire.
Puts a whole new spin on things that is for sure.