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Disgusting? Taiwanese scientists bred first pigs that glow in the dark

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  1. kwik_e_mart

    kwik_e_mart Member

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    I wouldn't want to eat the meat that's coming out from them!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4605202.stm


    Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs
    By Chris Hogg
    BBC News, Hong Kong

    Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.

    They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.

    The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.

    The researchers hope the pigs will boost the island's stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.

    The researchers, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.

    Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before. But the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better.

    In daylight, their eyes and skin are green-tinged

    They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green, they say.

    To create them, DNA from jellyfish was added to about 265 pig embryos which were implanted in eight different pigs.

    Four of the pigs became pregnant and three male piglets were born three months ago.

    Green generation

    In daylight the researchers say the pigs' eyes, teeth and trotters look green. Their skin has a greenish tinge.

    In the dark, shine a blue light on them and they glow torch-light bright.

    The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig's genetic material is green, it is easy to spot.

    So if, for instance, some of its stem cells are injected into another animal, scientists can track how they develop without the need for a biopsy or invasive test.

    But creating them has not been easy. Many of the altered embryos failed to develop.

    The researchers say they hope the new, green pigs will mate with ordinary female pigs to create a new generation - much greater numbers of transgenic pigs for use in research.
     
    #1 kwik_e_mart, Jan 12, 2006
  2. A-Train

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    Maybe they can find a way to make my dogs glow in the dark, so I don't trip over them when I get up in the morning...
     
    #2 A-Train, Jan 12, 2006
  3. MR. MEOWGI

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    You have to show the photo....

    [​IMG]
     
    #3 MR. MEOWGI, Jan 12, 2006
  4. Sishir Chang

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    During the winter I usually wake up before its light so glow in the dark bacon would be a great way to start my day.
     
    #4 Sishir Chang, Jan 12, 2006
  5. Rule0001

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    That's awesome. One step closer to the clone army... Maybe they can make humans that glow in the dark?
     
    #5 Rule0001, Jan 12, 2006
  6. SwoLy-D

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    Uhhh... so much for "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes".
     
    #6 SwoLy-D, Jan 12, 2006
  7. kwik_e_mart

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    Didn't Russia, Ukraine, and the Belarus have one after the Chernobyl fallout in `86?
     
    #7 kwik_e_mart, Jan 12, 2006
  8. Xenochimera

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    thats cool, now you can have meat in the fridge and you dont need to turn on the light :D
     
    #8 Xenochimera, Jan 12, 2006
  9. GRENDEL

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    Why???
     
    #9 GRENDEL, Jan 12, 2006
  10. ima_drummer2k

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    It's a good thing there's not a saying that says "oh yeah, that'll happen....when pig glow in the dark!"
     
    #10 ima_drummer2k, Jan 12, 2006
  11. DaDakota

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    I do not like Green Eggs and Ham, I do not like them Sam I am.
     
    #11 DaDakota, Jan 12, 2006
  12. TMac640

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    lmao an excellent point.
     
    #12 TMac640, Jan 12, 2006
  13. Isabel

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    darn it you beat me to it!!! :mad:
     
    #13 Isabel, Jan 12, 2006
  14. Master Baiter

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    One time when my daughter was a baby, she took a **** and I would have swore it would have glowed in the dark. I made my wife come over an look it was so weird.
     
    #14 Master Baiter, Jan 12, 2006
  15. SwoLy-D

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    Would've gotten mealeons on eBay... why didn't you keep it...? :p
     
    #15 SwoLy-D, Jan 12, 2006
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    What makes you think he didn't? ;)
     
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  17. Rule0001

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    I've been thinking... We need a clone army that are purely black. By black, I dont mean race, I mean they need black eyes, black teeth, black hair, black everything. That way when they go out to do their ass kicking at night, no one could see them. They could just wear black clothes, but it wouldn't look as cool.
     
    #17 Rule0001, Jan 12, 2006
  18. Master Baiter

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    I called the Dr. and he said to mail it to some lab in Taiwan. I wonder what they did with it?
     
    #18 Master Baiter, Jan 12, 2006
  19. vwiggin

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    Yes, because a nude fighting force is much more awesome! :D
     
    #19 vwiggin, Jan 12, 2006
  20. SwoLy-D

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    I knew it!

    Does your doctor look like this:
    [​IMG] ?
     
    #20 SwoLy-D, Jan 12, 2006
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