Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: April 28, 2009
Tags : flourescent puppies, glow in the dark puppies, puppies, south korea scientists
It’s no secret that we here at the Inquisitr love puppies, and it’s so much cooler when they glow in the dark, so there was no way were going to pass on writing this story.
Glow in the dark puppies? No, this is not a joke. South Korean scientists have cloned 4 puppies in the name of Cancer research and one of the side effects of the cloning is that the puppies actually glow red when put under ultraviolet light.
The team took skin cells from a beagle, inserted fluorescent genes into them and put them into eggs before implanting them into the womb of a surrogate mother, a local mixed breed.
Six female beagles were born in December 2007 through the cloning with a gene that produces a red fluorescent protein that makes them glow. Two died, but the four others survived.
The glowing dogs are significant for more than their ability to glow. he scientists say that this is an important milestone in the cancer research they’re conducting because it proves that genetic manipulation of this sort can be successfully done in other areas of disease research.
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Apr 28, 2009
Dr. Evil said it best: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Cute little glow-in-the-dark puppies!? Throw me a bone here!
Apr 29, 2009
That is soooooo cool. I would love a glowing puppy
Apr 29, 2009
* F U CK I N G * INSANE!! I LOVE IT!
Apr 29, 2009
wonder if a person could ever buy a glow in the dark puppy lol
Apr 30, 2009
Its not really all that hard to do. If you learned just a little bit about the genetics of cloning, you could probably do it yourself. Many of the supplies that would be necessary, although perhaps a bit expensive, are things you could purchase online. Of greatest difficulty would be obtaining the isolated sequence of DNA responsible for the creation of the protein responsible for the “glowing” effect, the vector virus that does the delivery of that protein into the cell has been around for quite a while. Getting puppies and surrogate mother puppies is obviously easy.
Glowing puppies, while being really cool, isn't actually such a huge deal. Consider the fact that years ago, researchers actually managed to grow a human ear on the back of a mouse, now that is weird.
Apr 30, 2009
This isnt funny!!! This killed two babies! How would you like if someone made your baby girl glow in the freakin dark!!! This is sooo not cool! SAVE THE PUPS BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN!!