If Fluffy makes you sneeze...

....then it's time to trade up to a hypoallergenic cat!

For those allergic cat lovers who can't be bothered with antihistamines or allergy injections -- and have about four grand kicking around -- science brings you a new kitty specifically bred to produce less of the protein that makes you red-eyed and and sniffly. The new kitties, created by a research firm called Allerca, were produced by the oldest form of genetic engineering in the book: selective breeding. By finding cats that naturally produce less of the protein (called Fel d1) and breeding them together, Allerca was eventually able to raise cats that don't raise the hackles of our immune systems.

Allerca first started taking orders for the sneeze-less felines back in 2004, and there's already a long waiting list.

[More on the BBC, or on the Allerca website.]