Why can’t we just be like chickens and lay eggs? Just lay it somewhere and keep it warm. Then 1 month later a baby hatches from the egg.

Scientists have give sight to genetically blind chickens by transferring the genes from healthy chickens. This same technology could allow us to eliminate similar genetic defects in babies before they are born.

The chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals. With a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, from both their meat and their eggs.