Glow in the dark cats

[Kononeko]

www.breitbart.com
SKoreans clone cats that glow in the dark: officials

South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.

In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

A team of scientists led by Kong Il-keun, a cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, produced three cats possessing altered fluorescence protein (RFP) genes, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

"It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned," the ministry said in a statement.

"The ability to produce cloned cats with the manipulated genes is significant as it could be used for developing treatments for genetic diseases and for reproducing model (cloned) animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," it added.

The cats were born in January and February. One was stillborn while two others grew to become adult Turkish Angoras, weighing 3.0 kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) and 3.5 kilogrammes.

"This technology can be applied to clone animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," the leading scientist, Kong, told AFP.

"It will also help develop stemcell treatments," he said, noting that cats have some 250 kinds of genetic diseases that affect humans, too.

The technology can also help clone endangered animals like tigers, leopards and wildcats, Kong said.

South Korea's bio-engineering industry suffered a setback after a much-touted achievement by cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk turned out to have been faked.

The government banned Hwang from research using human eggs after his claims that he created the first human stem cells through cloning were ruled last year to be bogus.

Hwang is standing trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement.


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[Fhqwghads]

Creepy. Do want.

[Deejay]

Holy shit where do I sign for a glow in the dark tiger.

[Mizango]

Creepy. Do want.

[Tricen]

O_O Hot shit.

[kuronosan]

This is their means of tracking criminals by turning out the lights and looking for glowing stomachs.

[Artemas]

Probably so the Koreans can find their food at night time.

[Khamsin]

In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

Does this mean they just glow under a blacklight, or can they absorb UV light during the daytime, and then glow at night?

[Saphirea]

Probably so the Koreans can find their food at night time.

Well played

[Tricen]

In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

Does this mean they just glow under a blacklight, or can they absorb UV light during the daytime, and then glow at night?

Sounds like a twofer. You can now turn out the lights and watch it chase after your laser or flash light and hit walls.

[octopus]

Wait until they can make something that inject into human to make them glow in the dark...

Those rapists in the dark are going to be sooooo noticeable!

[pirahna1]

Where the hell do I sign up for this shit?

[Jefe]

Reminds me about a research paper I wrote about a year ago, but instead I talked about these:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1...glow203rs9.jpg

[Mizango]

Reminds me about a research paper I wrote about a year ago, but instead I talked about these:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1...glow203rs9.jpg

I had totally forgotten about the pigs. Doesn't the illumination come from Jellyfish genes or something to that effect? Correct me if I am wrong, I am working strictly from memory.

[Nyanoh]

This is just step 1 in the 3 step process to having super heros.

step 1: glow in the dark

step 2: radioactive cat

step 3: super cat !

[kisada]

amazing

[Kononeko]

video this time.
http://cbs13.com/watercooler/cats.glow.in.2.611027.html
I think that it answers a lot of questions.

[sephir]

This is just step 1 in the 3 step process to having super heros.

step 1: glow in the dark

step 2: radioactive cat

step 3: super cat !

You are so wrong it hurts. It goes:

Step 1: Glow in the dark cat

Step 2: Radioactive cat

Step 3: Laser Cat

Proof: http://www.nbc.com/Video/videos/snl_144 ... cats.shtml