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Glowing Chinese Pig Passes Traits to Young

Posted by samzenpus on from the sam-I-am dept.

porkpickle writes A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported."

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  1. tagged 'glowpiglets' by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because I always wanted fluorescent transplant organs! :)

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  2. Let em loose into the wild! by tomblag · · Score: 5, Funny

    And let's see how long they last versus night predators.

  3. Green eggs and ham by DavidJSimpson · · Score: 5, Funny

    No! No! No! I wanted "Green eggs" and "ham". Not "Green eggs and ham". Green eggs. Not green ham.

    1. Re:Green eggs and ham by reverseengineer · · Score: 4, Funny

      I could not, would not, on a boat.
      I will not, will not, with a goat.
      I will not eat them in the rain.
      I will not eat them on a train.
      Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
      Not in a car! You let me be!
      I do not like them in a box.
      I do not like them with a fox.
      I will not eat them in a house.
      I do not like them with a mouse.
      I do not like them here or there.
      I do not like them ANYWHERE!

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    2. Re:Green eggs and ham by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am.

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  4. glowing organ transplant? by debatem1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I realize it's dark in there but this seems a little extreme...

  5. Re:Falsified Photos? by reverseengineer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When "glow green" genes are spliced into an organism, that's usually a gene for the expression of "Green Fluorescent Protein," a protein native to Aequorea jellyfish. Green Fluorescent Protein, as the name implies, is "fluorescent," not bioluminescent or phosphorescent. The excitation and subsequent emission of fluorescence occurs on a very fast timescale (as opposed to phosphorescence, where you can "charge" a material with light, then take it to a dark place, where it will emit light gradually). Therefore, you need to shine a light on fluorescence materials to make them glow- shining a light in the blue or near UV (black light) wavelengths on one of these pigs will cause them to absorb that light, and in turn emit light which is green in color.

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    "FDA staff reviewers expressed concern about the number of patients who were left out of the study because they died."