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[mrkgoo]

NOOOOOOO, my cat is sitting on my lap right now, don't do that to me!

Whoops, sorry! Look away! :/

WTF is the purpose of this kind of research, apart from fucking around with living animals?! :|

Well, the researchers say that cats are phylogenetically close to humans (systemic conservation higher than rodents), and as such would make good biological models for human diseases. They essentially report that they can clone cats by this technique. Why make them red? Who knows, probably just because they could - 'proof of concept' as a euphemism. Sounds to me like they just wanted to make headlines.

In conclusion, we report for the first time, the production of cloned transgenic cats with systemic expression of red fluorescent protein by somatic cell nuclear transfer. Application of the SCNT procedure to produce genetically modified cats would be valuable for generating
biomedical models of human disease, as well as for the production of designer pets.

 

[Ripclawe]

FIGHT!

http://www.forbes.com/2001/07/26/0726gfp.html

These mice are glowing because scientists inserted a gene found in certain bioluminescent jellyfish into their DNA. That gene is a recipe for a protein that glows green when hit by blue or ultraviolet light. The protein is present throughout their bodies. As a result, their skin, eyes and organs give off an eerie light. Only their fur does not glow.

 

[Richard Cranium]

WTF is the purpose of this kind of research, apart from fucking around with living animals?! :|

None of good/reasonable ones, good to see such a post around here...

There are good reasons to make cells fluorescent. For instance, you can tag your protein of interest with a fluorescent gene. Whichever cells are expressing your protein will fluoresce. This isn't new, though.

 

[mrkgoo]

FIGHT!

http://www.forbes.com/2001/07/26/0726gfp.html

These mice are glowing because scientists inserted a gene found in certain bioluminescent jellyfish into their DNA. That gene is a recipe for a protein that glows green when hit by blue or ultraviolet light. The protein is present throughout their bodies. As a result, their skin, eyes and organs give off an eerie light. Only their fur does not glow.

This is the strange thing I don't get about the cats - they have red FP fur too.

 

[sonicfan]

 

[vas_a_morir]

Okay, i'll admit, I lol'd.

 

[Fuzzery]

You idiots, all they did was give a Meowth a sun stone!