Genetic Engineering Prints

"We would like to be genetically modified to taste like Brussels sprouts."

New, Improved Cat

"Nobody's perfect, but we're working on it."

Frankenfish

"We used Crispr to cure her allergies, and figured why stop there?"

The miracle of genetic engineering

Taken genetic engineering too far

Printout in a genetics laboratory forming dna double helix

"First, we'll need a sample of your DNA."

'They used to be called sheep, and they produced wool. Now they're some sort of bioengineered creatures, and they produce antibiotics.'

Banoonoos: 'They've been phonetically modified.'

'The lab has come up with a neat solution to our staffing problem. These are junior executives in the larval stage.'

"The genetic engineers gave him that birthmark as part of a sponsership deal."

Man climbing a dna 'ladder'.

"We want one that's genetically gifted but not genetically spoiled."

'Eureka! We built a better mouse!'

"There's a lot of alarmist talk going round, about how genetic modification will mix the genes of different species to create bizarre hybrid creatures."

Newton discovers GM fruit.

Woman looking at apples in a grocery store with labels that say "Apples", "Genetically modified apples" and "Mutant apples from outer space".

"Having consumed them for years, I can assure you, my company's GMO food products are perfectly safe."

"Just a harmless little genetic experiment," they said. Yeah, right...

"Mom, was I thoroughly vetted before I was born?"

The miracle of genetic engineering

'...and if you want to get even with the place down the road, some tomato seeds with cactus genes could be blown onto their fields.'

'It took us 12 years to genetically engineer him. We are going to make millions!'

"Something's wrong with the broccoli. Please take it back to the kitchen and have it genetically modified."

'Please, no work boots or dirty genes.'

"And these soya beans were engineered using Human DNA."

A stem cell here, a stem cell there...

Genetically Altered Salmon (and other foods) Research

'If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it' actually a gene-modified flounder.'

Monsanto-Research Dept (Genetic Engineering) Publicity Dept (Frenetic Engineering)

'It's better than we expected. Now the sheep produce wool in the winter and cotton in the summer.'

'We call it the 'Tomato Surprise' because the chef tinkered with the DNA a little.'

'This is what happens when you mess about with nature.'