when pigs glow-in-the dark

Zeo · Post by **Zeo** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:33 pm

I will not eat them Sam, I am.
I will not eat green eggs and ham...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060112/sc ... 0112124607

And green pigs might fly... Thu Jan 12, 7:47 AM ET

TAIPEI (AFP) - Scientists in Taiwan have successfully bred three pigs which glow fluorescent green in the dark, marking a potential breakthrough for stem cell research.

The team from Taiwan, where the world's first genetically engineered fluorescent fish were created in 2003, injected a protein extracted from jelly fish into the nucleus of a pig embryo to breed three male transgenic pigs, said Professor Wu Shinn-Chih, of National Taiwan University's Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.

It was hoped that the pigs would eventually enable reserachers to trace the development of tissues when stem cells are used to repair damaged organs, Wu said.

"Yes, this is really important. It should be helpful in the acceleration of clinical research of human stem cells as it is generally believed that physically pigs are among the animals which are most similar to human beings," he told AFP.

"I'm not sure if there are fluorescent green pigs elsewhere in the world, but so far, in the photos available in the field, I have never seen such pigs, whose whole bodies can glow green in the dark," Wu said.

"I was shocked when I saw the animals (glowing) the first time."

Wu dismissed concerns that the technology could endanger the ecosystem.

"There is no need to worry about that because, unlike fish, the confined green pigs have no way to crossbreed with wild species and produce 'Frankenpigs'," he said.

Conservationist groups warned of potential serious consequences to the eco-system after Taiwan's Taikong Corp in 2003 became the world's first company to sell transgenic fluorescent fish, which was listed as one of the "coolest inventions" that year by Time magazine.

Coor · Post by **Coor** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:38 pm

So eventually humans can glow green?

I thought we just had to drink the water in the Ridge for that... :twisted:

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:00 pm

one small step for pigs, one giant leap for ravers world wide.

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:14 pm

iblis wrote:one small step for pigs, one giant leap for ravers world wide.

instead of candy kids, its candy pigs

cutelittlepsycho20 · Post by **cutelittlepsycho20** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:47 am

Coor · Post by **Coor** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:56 am

iblis wrote:one small step for pigs, one giant leap for ravers world wide.

Fucking bueatiful.

That's all I can think to say about that statement...which makes it even better.

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:17 am

I wonder is there a corelation between this story and the one about the swiss scientis that discovered LSD, u know he is 100 now

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:04 pm

Coor wrote:
iblis wrote:one small step for pigs, one giant leap for ravers world wide.

Fucking bueatiful.

That's all I can think to say about that statement...which makes it even better.

Now to see if an get some gene splicing done. Fuck tats and piercings. I want to glow in the dark and have bat wings. :twisted:

badkiity · Post by **badkiity** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:39 pm

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:09 pm

Mercurygriffin wrote:
Coor wrote:
iblis wrote:one small step for pigs, one giant leap for ravers world wide.

Fucking bueatiful.

That's all I can think to say about that statement...which makes it even better.

Now to see if an get some gene splicing done. Fuck tats and piercings. I want to glow in the dark and have bat wings.

yeah! i want a prehensile tail, damn it.

revrin · Post by **revrin** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:55 pm

So this will make for better glow in the dark footballs right ?

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:16 pm

no, but if you eat enough glowing BLT sandwiches, your shit will glow in the toilet, thereby causing you to justify to yourself that you shouldn't flush a wonderful decoration such as that which just squirted out of your ass; several flushless months later your water bill will reach an all-time low, but the EPA will send men in black to harrass you, and fox news will actually air video surveillance of the pulsating green goo that's threatening to swarm your city block.

the moral of the story? eat mor chikin.

gothic_spleen · Post by **gothic_spleen** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:01 pm

conspiracy theory?