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SKoreans clone cats that glow in the dark

physorg.com — South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.

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  • DeskFlyer, on 12/13/2007, -8/+43I CAN HAZ UV RAISE?
  • ZenMojo, on 12/13/2007, -5/+39Anything that makes it easier to find the pussy with the lights off.
  • inactive, on 12/13/2007, -2/+28Some of us already don't need nightlights...
  • neseus, on 12/13/2007, -0/+24Actually the caption on the picture says they glow under ultraviolet light.. kind of different from glow in the dark. :(
  • Viend, on 12/13/2007, -2/+20IM IN YER ROOM
    BEING YER NIGHTLIGHT
  • Gurezaemon, on 12/13/2007, -0/+18"...which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases."

    What, like the inability to NOT glow in the dark?
  • sbader, on 12/13/2007, -1/+19article with pictures http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/scientists-clon ...
  • Mohdoo, on 12/13/2007, -1/+18Science wins again.
  • ieatsmurfs, on 12/13/2007, -1/+18Excellent now we can watch kittens play in a Kleenex box in the dark
  • inactive, on 12/13/2007, -5/+22With a cat like that, you will never need a night light!
  • nottidredd, on 12/13/2007, -0/+16All i can say is.... I want one!!!
  • Uranium118, on 12/13/2007, -0/+14Behold, the rave cat!
  • overaction, on 07/14/2009, -1/+13http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007 ...
  • thespudmall, on 12/13/2007, -0/+11So they created glow in the dark kittens from a very rare and expensive breed of cat, SCHWEET!
  • odalaigh, on 12/13/2007, -1/+11Im sure this will scare the S$&# out of mice!
  • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 12/13/2007, -0/+10Somewhere, a bunch of chan nerds just felt a disturbance in the force.
  • 0ceanic, on 12/13/2007, -2/+12damn i wish i could think of something funny to say about eating glow-in-the-dark cats :(
  • neseus, on 12/13/2007, -3/+12Actually the caption on the picture says they glow under ultraviolet light... kind of different from glow in the dark.
  • Abno, on 12/13/2007, -1/+8Yeah, but it's a lot more impressive when you tell a girl she can come over and play with your glow in the dark kitten. Asking them if they want to check out your glowing bacteria just won't have the same effect.
  • Langford, on 12/13/2007, -1/+9"...when exposed to ultraviolet beams"
    Darn, was anyone else hoping for full bioluminescence?
    Oh well, still pretty cool science.
  • Paradoxt, on 12/13/2007, -2/+9Guess where the batteries go...
  • Kier, on 12/13/2007, -5/+12It's probably a fake... :P
  • idiggitall, on 12/13/2007, -1/+7White cats and Black Lights. BRILLIANT!
  • revarien, on 12/13/2007, -1/+7We all want a glowing cat...
    But I saw it first you heathens! MINE!
  • KingBunny, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5"The technology could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases"

    Pfft, you know they're going to make some sort of awesome weapon out of this.
    ...Also.. there's no reason why they can't just breed these as a new species, right? I would so buy a glowing cat. (I don't care if I need to buy a UV light) Yay for messing with nature! This couldn't possibly turn out badly!
  • dankosaur, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5Well, you'll still need an ultraviolet night light (read article).
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5Cat hair... everywhere.
  • skin, on 12/13/2007, -6/+10This is not news. Scientists have been doing this for years with a variety of organisms, most famously a rabbit. Hell, high school biology students typically do a lab where they do something similar to create glowing bacteria.
  • inactive, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4I for one welcome our new glow in the dark feline overlords.
  • Berkana, on 12/13/2007, -1/+5The Taiwanese managed to breed/clone/make/whatever a green fluorescent pig a couple of years ago. Green ham--Check. Now, for green eggs. . .
  • lucidguru, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4I for one welcome our new glowing cat overlords.
  • 0ceanic, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4to have a simple way of varifying a gene (or cell) implantation method. or to track where the glow in dark tissue end up going.
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3They also can't seem to sleep.
  • konamicode, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3I haz ur DNA, glowin in ur dark.
  • georgetds, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Glow in the dark eh? What's next, scratch and sniff?
  • fatlip, on 12/13/2007, -3/+5BORING
  • Gemfinder, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2I'll bet raver kids will fall all over themselves to snag one.
  • dwninjungleland, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2DAMMIT i read all the way down to here just to make sure no one posted this first 'cuz I was gonna. I am very upset at you.
  • gothsquirrel, on 12/13/2007, -1/+3Either this is a very early April fools joke or I'm getting closer and closer to having glow in the dark hair.
  • skyfire1, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Don't worry, the monsters are afraid of the dark.
  • InfiniteNothing, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Indeed. Fluorescence vs phosphorescence
  • FordSVT1, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2physorg isn't prone to posting BS, and I saw a vido clip on CBC news this morning, they're real.
  • inactive, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Your double negative didn't work.

    This treatment would help people with the inability to glow in the dark... like me.
  • Gemfinder, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Let me know when yours makes kittens.
  • mllawso, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1im in ur DNA, splicing RPF reporter genes in to your genome.
  • sonicularulus, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1i think its just the radiation.
  • TumbleDown, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Doesn't cat piss glow in the dark? And why are Koreans cloning cats?
  • Lumbeekid06, on 12/13/2007, -2/+3What THE HELL?
  • g1antp15to1, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1eduardo kac already did this with a bunny, not a clone though

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Kac
  • jeffsback2223, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1I wonder if humans have the ability to glow in the dark, though I don't think I would want to try it.
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