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    korea clones cats that glow in the dark!!

    WTF!!..check out the pics

    SKoreans clone cats that glow in the dark: officials - Yahoo! News

    South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.
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    In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

    A team of scientists led by Kong Il-keun, a cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, produced three cats possessing altered fluorescence protein (RFP) genes, the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

    "It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned," the ministry said in a statement.

    "The ability to produce cloned cats with the manipulated genes is significant as it could be used for developing treatments for genetic diseases and for reproducing model (cloned) animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," it added.

    The cats were born in January and February. One was stillborn while two others grew to become adult Turkish Angoras, weighing 3.0 kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) and 3.5 kilogrammes.

    "This technology can be applied to clone animals suffering from the same diseases as humans," the leading scientist, Kong, told AFP.

    "It will also help develop stemcell treatments," he said, noting that cats have some 250 kinds of genetic diseases that affect humans, too.

    The technology can also help clone endangered animals like tigers, leopards and wildcats, Kong said.

    South Korea's bio-engineering industry suffered a setback after a much-touted achievement by cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk turned out to have been faked.

    The government banned Hwang from research using human eggs after his claims that he created the first human stem cells through cloning were ruled last year to be bogus.

    Hwang is standing trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement

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    LOL....deer hunters everywhere would love to have them clone some deer for them.......

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    I WANT ONE..

    Imagine seeing that ****!!!

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    my dads friend had a bunch of cats and he was tired of people running them over. he went on ebay and bought a bunch of those glow sticks and put them aroung their necks. it was freaky seeing them come towards you in the pitch black night!!

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    thats pretty freaky

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    Quote Originally Posted by tpr103 View Post
    my dads friend had a bunch of cats and he was tired of people running them over. he went on ebay and bought a bunch of those glow sticks and put them aroung their necks. it was freaky seeing them come towards you in the pitch black night!!
    bet that would really freak out your neighbor Mr. Dolley Parton if he saw that! LoL!

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    Id still go out of my way to step on it,,,on the way to the bathroom at night.hehehe

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