Posted on 01/31/2006 5:27:51 PM PST by SJackson
TAIPEI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan, home to the world's first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island's stem cell research, a professor said on Thursday.
By injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, a research team at the island's leading National Taiwan University managed to breed three male transgenic pigs, said professor Wu Shinn-Chih of the university's Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.
"There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere, but ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green," Wu said on Thursday.
The transgenic pigs, commonly used to study human diseases, would help researchers monitor and trace changes of the tissues during the physical development, Wu said.
In 2003, a Taiwan company began selling the world's first genetically engineered fish, sparking protests by environmentalists who said the fluorescent green fish posed a threat to the earth's ecosystem.
In neighbouring South Korea, disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk apologised on Thursday for wrongdoing at his laboratory, but hinted at a conspiracy to discredit him and said he was blinded by the zeal of advancing stem cell studies.
An investigation panel at Seoul National University said on Tuesday that a team led by Hwang faked two landmark papers on embryonic stem cells, but did produce the world's first cloned dog.
Phosporescent-ruminents ping!
That sounds very unclean.
But is it Kosher? Let me know when they develop a Kosher pig.
Green Eggs and Ham?
Heck, the Mo's get upset about "Piglet" on a cookie jar.
Heh.hehhehheh, heh
But what's really important is -- how does it taste after being roasted?
Drop a few into Iran....talk about a panic!
Most of the time when the Pork Roast turns green we throw it out.
When I saw the headline, I first thought: That Michael Jackson just keeps getting weirder and weirder!
Impossible, Judge Jones says intelligent design is not science, it is religion.
I believe that this is proof that far too many scientists have far too much time on their hands.
I'm waiting for them to develop pigs with wings. ;^)
Dollars to doughnuts we already have a few of these at Gitmo.
Most of the time? That is, unless you are really hungry? Now I don't feel so bad when I eat stale crackers from the pantry. :O)
I will not eat green ham in a boat
I will not eat green ham on a float
I will not,
I will not,
eat green ham,
said Sam I am.
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