ABC's "The Lookout" investigation explored allegations against Allerca. July 17, 2013 — -- A small biotech company earned global acclaim when it announced it had produced the world's first ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In October 2008, Mike Sela, a lifelong sufferer of cat allergies, discovered a company called Allerca Lifestyle Pets. According ...
Over the past several weeks editors at The Scientist have received announcements from Allerca, the controversial company selling purportedly hypoallergenic cats, stating that some of their felines ...
It’s Fluffy — minus the stuffiness. For $4,000, a San Diego-based biotechnology company is selling “hypoallergenic cats” — genetically engineered felines that don’t cause sneezing, red eyes, and ...
Recent news reports have dangled a stratospherically priced option for wannabe cat owners who are allergic to the bewhisker-ed, twitchy-tailed set. Just plunk down $3,950 (plus a $995 processing and ...
They didn't write about ALLERCA when our cats appeared on live national television with allergic individuals who failed to have any allergic reaction (talk about a "trial by fire"!); and they failed ...
The search for pets that won’t leave susceptible family members with watery eyes and sneezing fits has brought fame — and big bucks — for breeds like the labradoodle and a number of other fluffy ...
People like cats. Up to 15 percent of the population are allergic to them, however, largely thank to a particular allergen called Fel d 1, which is produced by your kitty's salivary, sebaceous, ...