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lol, fluorescent pigs
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:16 pm
by seremtan
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:19 pm
by Ryoki
glowing piggies
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:20 pm
by Don Carlos
amazing!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:26 pm
by werldhed
Meh... you can already get glow-in-the-dark mice.
Those pigs are pretty cool, though...
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:36 pm
by Fjoggs
Someone's played way too much pro fps-games..
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:27 pm
by chopov
It must absolutely suck, if you wanna sleep but you glow yourself into your eyes all the time. Poor piggies
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:48 pm
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/
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:56 pm
by tnf
I miss my GFP.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:59 pm
by phantasmagoria
poor pigs
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:41 pm
by R00k
phantasmagoria wrote:poor pigs
Nah, they'll be a hit with the ladies, it's like they have superpowers!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:46 pm
by Guest
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!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:02 pm
by werldhed
tnf wrote:I miss my GFP.
I'm analyzing some GFP expression data as we speak. :icon25:
(RAG2-GFP transgene)
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:04 pm
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..........
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:07 pm
by MKJ
but their only existance is to be experimented with. is that something one wants to experience if thats -all- youll ever experience?
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:25 pm
by phantasmagoria
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:18 am
by chopov
that also rises the question which use glowing animals do have for science at all...
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:24 am
by chopov
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....
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:36 am
by tnf
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:38 am
by seremtan
plus they make great glastonbury accessories
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:51 am
by Guest
I'd like to have a glow in the dark dick.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:21 am
by SplishSplash
I wish they'd be less reluctant to test this stuff on humans.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:45 pm
by MKJ
ToxicBug wrote:I'd like to have a glow in the dark dick.
cant find the hole huh ?
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:53 pm
by Scourge
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:30 pm
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.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:34 pm
by werldhed
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: