Genetic Engineering T-Shirts

"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?"

Taken genetic engineering too far

The miracle of genetic engineering

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

Printout in a genetics laboratory forming dna double helix

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

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.'

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

Man climbing a dna 'ladder'.

'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...

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

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

Genetically Altered Salmon (and other foods) Research

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

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

'Please, no work boots or dirty genes.'

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

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.'

Genetic Engineering Lab: Spliced my genes with Barry Manilow

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

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

Since the cloning, Professor Kane's workload has eased up considerably.

"I'm not sure...I think the animals have been acting differently since we started feeding them that genetically modified stuff!"

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