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lol, fluorescent pigs

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 605202.stm
Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.
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:olo: glowing piggies
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amazing!
Where were you when the West was defeated?
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Meh... you can already get glow-in-the-dark mice. :shrug:

Those pigs are pretty cool, though...
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Someone's played way too much pro fps-games.. :|
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Post by chopov »

It must absolutely suck, if you wanna sleep but you glow yourself into your eyes all the time. Poor piggies :tear:
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Post by Canis »

They've done this with mice for years. On the NIH mouse genomics website:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/mouse/
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Post by tnf »

I miss my GFP.
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poor pigs :(
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Post by R00k »

phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs :(
Nah, they'll be a hit with the ladies, it's like they have superpowers!
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phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs :(
Why are they poor pigs? I mean all things concidered if it weren't for the scientists the pigs wouldn't even exist!
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tnf wrote:I miss my GFP.
I'm analyzing some GFP expression data as we speak. :icon25:

(RAG2-GFP transgene)
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Post by Whiskey 7 »

Kracus wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs :(
Why are they poor pigs? I mean all things concidered if it weren't for the scientists the pigs wouldn't even exist!

Now that is an interesting point..........
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but their only existance is to be experimented with. is that something one wants to experience if thats -all- youll ever experience? :o
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Kracus wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs :(
Why are they poor pigs? I mean all things concidered if it weren't for the scientists the pigs wouldn't even exist!
i wouldn't call living purely for the benifit of science and to be tested on an existence.
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that also rises the question which use glowing animals do have for science at all...
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Kracus wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs :(
Why are they poor pigs? I mean all things concidered if it weren't for the scientists the pigs wouldn't even exist!
As opposed to you maybe not every creature wants an existence as a caricature of its species....
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chopov wrote:that also rises the question which use glowing animals do have for science at all...
It's the bigger picture of the expression of the proteins involved and whatnot.
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plus they make great glastonbury accessories
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I'd like to have a glow in the dark dick.
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Post by SplishSplash »

I wish they'd be less reluctant to test this stuff on humans.
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ToxicBug wrote:I'd like to have a glow in the dark dick.
cant find the hole huh ?
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MKJ wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:I'd like to have a glow in the dark dick.
cant find the hole huh ?
That, or can't find it in the dark.
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Post by Canis »

werldhed wrote:
tnf wrote:I miss my GFP.
I'm analyzing some GFP expression data as we speak. :icon25:

(RAG2-GFP transgene)
We've got some transgenic mice that express GFP along with the RGS9 protein, so the neurons we're studying that have RGS9 can be easily identified in culture. Good stuff.
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Canis wrote:
werldhed wrote:
tnf wrote:I miss my GFP.
I'm analyzing some GFP expression data as we speak. :icon25:

(RAG2-GFP transgene)
We've got some transgenic mice that express GFP along with the RGS9 protein, so the neurons we're studying that have RGS9 can be easily identified in culture. Good stuff.
The thing I like most about it is that it doesn't require any antibody stains to see it. You just collect and go. :icon14:
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