Glow in the dark cats!

BridgeBitch
BridgeBitch Posts: 87
edited December 2007 in A Moving Train
I saw this on CNN. Maybe this is to help the mice see them better...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071212210021.3u7d8gpx&show_article=1
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  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    I saw this on the news today. I guess they are trying to say they have made these cats this way to help understand some diseases and treat those diseases.

    I can't figure out what disease a glow in the dark cat might find a cure for. Granted I have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm just talking out of my ass again.
  • NoK
    NoK Posts: 824
    anotherclone wrote:
    I saw this on the news today. I guess they are trying to say they have made these cats this way to help understand some diseases and treat those diseases.

    I can't figure out what disease a glow in the dark cat might find a cure for. Granted I have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm just talking out of my ass again.

    They are able to alter them genetically and see an obvious phenotype. In this case, glowing in the dark. This phenotype is chosen because it is harmless to the cats.

    Point is they are able to alter them genetically with phenotypic results and they are healthy.
  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    NoK wrote:
    They are able to alter them genetically and see an obvious phenotype. In this case, glowing in the dark. This phenotype is chosen because it is harmless to the cats.

    Point is they are able to alter them genetically with phenotypic results and they are healthy.

    Ah-Ha! I knew someone here could explain that to me in words I could actually understand.
  • BridgeBitch
    BridgeBitch Posts: 87
    NoK wrote:
    They are able to alter them genetically and see an obvious phenotype. In this case, glowing in the dark. This phenotype is chosen because it is harmless to the cats.

    Point is they are able to alter them genetically with phenotypic results and they are healthy.

    Clear as mud!

    I bet they can get a lot of money for glow in the dark cats. Every Paris and Britney would want one to replace their current pet.
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  • scw156
    scw156 Posts: 442
    I want a glow in the dark cat! That would be so awesome...


    I think they are just proving that they can successfully mess with genes. This, in their opinions, is a stepping stone to being able to mess with genes more to prevent diseases etc.

    Maybe when I'm in my 90's some gene therapy will in some way cure some disease I have, and I can ask them to throw in the glow-in-the-dark for free!
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  • angryyoungman
    angryyoungman Medford, NY Posts: 1,028
    how long before we get shrinkie-dink hamsters?
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  • NoK
    NoK Posts: 824
    BridgeBitch wrote:
    Clear as mud!

    I bet they can get a lot of money for glow in the dark cats. Every Paris and Britney would want one to replace their current pet.

    They will need to get a UV light emitter with the cat as a bonus. In order for the cat to glow in the dark you need to excite the fluorescent protein with UV light. I'm not sure what intensity they are using but surely you don't want to put your pet through UV light sessions.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    angryyoungman wrote:
    how long before we get shrinkie-dink hamsters?


    How long before some group of madmen clone an army of part-human, part-lion, part-terradactyl chimeras? 10 years? 20 years? 5 years?


    Um, seriously.

    And which Korea am I supposed to be fearing again?
  • angryyoungman
    angryyoungman Medford, NY Posts: 1,028
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    How long before some group of madmen clone an army of part-human, part-lion, part-terradactyl chimeras? 10 years? 20 years? 5 years?


    Um, seriously.

    And which Korea am I supposed to be fearing again?
    im holding out for a chupacapbra
    i have wished for so long, how i wish for you today
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    angryyoungman wrote:
    im holding out for a chupacapbra

    how about the tokoloshie? http://www.vanhunks.com/tokolosh1.html
  • NoK
    NoK Posts: 824
    MrBrian wrote:
    how about the tokoloshie? http://www.vanhunks.com/tokolosh1.html

    "The penis of the thokolosi is so long that it has to be slung over his shoulder."

    Hung like a tokoloshie...
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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  • ItsEvolutionBaby74
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    angryyoungman wrote:
    how long before we get shrinkie-dink hamsters?

    May'be they could make.....the Cerberus!
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    You think those cats are freaky, look what they did to carrot top...

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  • BridgeBitch
    BridgeBitch Posts: 87
    I've always wanted a unicorn... I bet they could whip one up for me.

    Horse and narwhal?
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