I want one!!

[shadowprophet]

Glow in the dark kitty cats!

South Koreans clone cats that glow in the dark: officials

1 day ago

SEOUL (AFP) — 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.

I want one!

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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[ICE]

Lol man someone posted this on my site too. Its pretty freakin sweet if you ask me.

[shadowprophet]

Lol man someone posted this on my site too. Its pretty freakin sweet if you ask me.

I'll have one of those kittens man, If i have to go to south korea and pull stings on the black market. Mark my words. Shadowprophet will have a glow in the dark kitty before 08 passes

[ICE]

Lmao I'll hold you to that one man. I want to see a picture of you holding that cat in the dark. No flash on the pic because I want the lighting to come from the cat.

[shadowprophet]

Lmao I'll hold you to that one man. I want to see a picture of you holding that cat in the dark. No flash on the pic because I want the lighting to come from the cat.

So it is writen, so shall it be done. By
jan 1'st 09. My avater will be me holding my glow in the dark kitty *nods

[ICE]

Oh man have you heard about the fearless mice?
http://www.codemayhem.net/viewtopic....306&highlight=
Check that out..

EDIT: Crap gotta sign up to see it. Heres the source link. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv...IEN20070035771

[Shadowblind]

Definitely looks like someones holding a big a** flashlight behind them

[ExcruciationX]

I kind of do too, although I'm not sure how long they'll live.

Why don't you find a glowing dog, it'll scare the kids on Halloween.

[kcajblue]

that is so friggin awesome.

i would hella get one of those cats.

seeing them in the dark would be so cool.

[pibs]

Reminds me of those glow in the dark zebra fish that glow in the dark with a blacklight.

a glow in the dark kitty is waay waay more awesome than a glow in the dark fish!