Noting that the groundbreaking biotechnology could change the medical field forever, doctors at Boston Childrenâs Hospital told reporters Wednesday they were hopeful that gene editing would soon allow sick kids to have super weird pets. âThanks to promising advances in CRISPR technology, weâre more confident than ever that children with rare, incurable diseases could one day own a puppy with tentacles, a guinea pig with wings, or a goldfish with long beautiful hair,â said chief of pediatric medicine Dr. Sophia Anderson, adding that the quality of life for ailing children could dramatically improve with even just a single visit from a giant, two-headed puppy or a three-eyed, snake with antlers that meows like a cat.
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