glowing cats

Posted on December 13, 2007 by zakary |
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“Officials in South Korea say scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.

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





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8 Responses to “glowing cats”

  1. Abide on December 13th, 2007 1:06 pm Reply to this comment

    Finally a case where the “side effect” or bug is ACTUALLY a FEATURE! Now the real question. Where can i buy one????

  2. reboot on December 13th, 2007 1:37 pm Reply to this comment

    If you have to shine an UV light, then its not really “glowing in the dark”, is it?
    Still cool though, like having a Pink Floyd poster that can run around.

  3. Brushaway on December 13th, 2007 1:51 pm Reply to this comment

    It lights up like semen on CSI!

  4. davids125 on December 13th, 2007 1:56 pm Reply to this comment

    Dude i thought you were just bein a smartass or something. But i read it on dig, pretty crazy.

  5. borandi on December 13th, 2007 2:25 pm Reply to this comment

    They’ve been making mice fluorescent green for years using DNA from Jellyfish.

  6. deuce on December 13th, 2007 5:58 pm Reply to this comment

    Radioactive cat is radioactive.

  7. Hepathos on December 13th, 2007 7:33 pm Reply to this comment

    Now only they can make them transform.

  8. Phyreblade on December 13th, 2007 11:05 pm Reply to this comment

    I love the ghostly cat look… Where can I get one?!?

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