I can haz bioluminesenz? Cloned red fluorescent cats

Paul Raven @ 14-12-2007

Bioluminescent-cats

It doesn’t get much more science fictional than this - South Korean scientists have genetically engineered white kittens that glow red under ultraviolet light. [Image cribbed from linked article]

Bioluminescent gene hackery isn’t a new idea - MetaFilter has the links for the history, starting way back (!) in 1994 with E. coli and roundworm cells - but this is a new level in cute for genetic science.


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