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.
