Above: picture of glow-in-the-dark cats
Credit: Miss Cellania
Genes are becoming ever more and more useful thanks to leaps and bounds in technology. Many would argue that it will lead to our doom, our “over-experimentation” while others will debate that it will benefit mankind. Simply put, anything new technology is beneficial to mankind, but only in the right hands.
So, why am I telling you this?
South Korean scientists have managed to make cats glow in fluorescent light in the dark by gene splicing, allowing them to produce Red Fluorescent Protein, or RFD for short. It’s not the first time it has been achieved, but the 3 cloned cats are a milestone, as two of them survived to adulthood.
BONUS: The cats are cute.
Source: Neatorama
December 14, 2007 at 00:18
Yes and isn’t that EXACTLY what this world has been crying out for, glow-in-the-dark cats? Mice are probably cheering about this one. Finally, they will be get fair warning when a prowling cat tries (and, thanks to the fluorescence, fails) to sneak up on the mice in the dark.
December 14, 2007 at 05:24
The glow in the dark picture is a little creepy, I don’t know if I’d want an animal that glowed in the dark to be honest. But still, science is amazing. I’m surprised at how successful they were at this though!
December 14, 2007 at 09:33
Haha, I laughed at Joel’s comment. I also don’t know if I’d want a glow in the dark cat, it is pretty cool, but I think the scientists are doing it rather to show that they can, than to actually make something useful.
December 17, 2007 at 01:16
The only thing good that could come of this- really fun parties with lots of cats. What about the mice that are now, no longer afraid of cats?