Is it possible for us humans to contain dog or any kind of canine DNA?

4 Comments

1. titanide says:

   November 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm

   DNA doesn’t work like that. Your body will reject any foreign substance that’s injected into it, which could mean anything from a rash, to death.

   I know there are a lot of genetically altered plants out there, and they’re made by scientists who tinker with the plants at a genetic level to make them grow faster, or to grow in less than ideal conditions. I suppose it’s possible that scientists could take human DNA and splice it with dog DNA, but I’m pretty sure that kind of genetic tinkering is illegal.
2. sciguy says:

   November 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm

   sure, it’s possible to "contain" canine DNA; breathe in close to a dog, and you will inhale skin cells and thus DNA.

   for it to merge with your own genome, though, you would probably have to engineer a custom retrovirus to keep your cells from dying via the injection of foreign DNA

   and as to the outcome, you would probably die from making the wrong proteins, but it’s rather random.
3. c_mogley_6 says:

   November 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm

   We might have DNA in us already that is similar to that of a canine or dog, fur, a common gene of all mammals and the reproductive sack in females….but if the DNA was injected into us, I think they would maybe have an effect before being taken out by antibodies or something…but is it really possible to just inject DNA into something?
4. beckconnie63 says:

   November 10, 2009 at 9:56 pm

   some of us may act like dogs.. But we do not contain dog dna