Thursday, April 23, 2009

Glow In The Dark Puppies!!



It's true, these little guys really do glow in the dark - the dog above is Ruppy – and "she's the world's first transgenic dog. She and four other beagles all produce a fluorescent protein that glows red under ultraviolet light."


Here she is glowin in the dark!

In short, Ruppy (a clone) was created by scientists, who study dogs as models of human disease - the future doesn't sound too bright for lil Ruppy if that's the case! You can read more about it in this article, which is full of medical technical jargon smargon, talking about fibroblast cells, gene targeting and what have you.

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