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.
I wonder how the prisoners would react if we told them that Allah sent these special glowing pigs to interrogate them? If they give the wrong answer, then they will turn you green and make you glow in the dark as a sign of Allah's displeasure.
Maybe not, but certainly "Green Ham and Eggs"
Isn't green the color of Islam? They aren't going to be happy about Green pigs. :) TFB!
At least the dog clone thing worked out.
I will not eat ham that is green
I do not feel it will help my spleen.
I will not eat it with green eggs
I will not eat a pigs's green legs.
I will not feed it to me or you
Unless the pork is a normal hue.
Sure would be handy to have fluorescent hogs when you're loading a semi first thing in the morning.
No Sam, we do beef in this part of the woods.
Pork - The Other Fluorescent Meat.
That just doesn't have much of a ring to it does it?
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