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Scientists Create Fluorescent Puppy

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(April 24) – Bioengineering is going to the dogs.
A team of South Korean scientists has created the world’s first fluorescent puppy, according to New Scientist magazine.
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The cloned beagle, dubbed Ruppy, which is short for Ruby Puppy, made her photographic debut on Thursday. The four-legged experiment looks like a normal pup in daylight, but under ultraviolet light she glows red.
The odd effect was created by cloning cells that include a red fluorescent gene that sea anemones produce.
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Ruppy is transgenic, meaning she has genes from another animal. Scientists said they hope this will pave the way to model human diseases in dogs, whose relatively long life-span could make them better study subjects than other animals.
While scientists have created other animals that glow, Ruppy is a first for canines. The magazine said scientists also created four other beagles that share her same red trait.
Byeong-Chun Lee of Seoul National University in South Korea lead the team that created the dogs. Stem cell researcher Woo Suk Hwang was also part of that team. Hwang has come under fire for fraudulent work with human cells, but he also helped create the first cloned dog, Snuppy, and an investigation later validated the dog experiment.
One scientist called the glowing puppy an "important accomplishment." But another dog geneticist doubted the experiment's value, calling the developmental process "laborious, expensive and slow."
Read the full story in the New Scientist.
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Shari6745

09:52 PMApr 27 2009

These so called "scientists" are no better than the Nazi war criminals who experimented on humans and animals. The should be shot for their crimes against humanity and nature.

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Benmrjb

09:39 PMApr 27 2009

This is just very terrible! A terrible flu is coming! Is it worse than SARS?http://www.nowgoal.com/21.shtml

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Griley75

09:39 PMApr 27 2009

Yes! I want a glow puppy. Anyone who ever tripped over their dog at night would.

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Hoplongbob

09:34 PMApr 27 2009

This way the Koreans can have a nice candle light dinner, without the candles.

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NrmVl2

09:30 PMApr 27 2009

What we need to see is when Hussien OB*** lies he should GLOW red or white, so we would know if it was a little white lie or a big red one, if it were Big Black ones it would be glowing all the time.

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JHOOE

09:23 PMApr 27 2009

they should make all Korean's glow in the dark....leave the animals alone

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Pjbl2223

09:18 PMApr 27 2009

TrekkinBob, it is how my Lord always wins, by those desireing to be his taking those steps. In Him there is no fear. Nor on the internet ;)I hope he is as generous to me as you are friend :) A good night to all. History is a great teacher, if it is not distorted either. We see today many attempts to distort it, out of pride unlike the simple ignorance that once incorrectly wrote it.

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Deviantdogs

09:11 PMApr 27 2009

What is the sense in doing this. Just a bunch of sick minded idiots with nothing better to do. Oh, Korea huh, this must be their idea of saving energy cause now they don't have to use lights to display the dogs hanging in the meat market at night.....they light up all by themselves. Yep Korea is going GREEN.

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TrekkinBob

09:05 PMApr 27 2009

Pjbl2223 08:59 PMApr 27 2009 Christianity IMHO has been hijacked by fearful insubordinate unrepent sinners. Scripture has been abused and used to futher the causes of all save its author. Pride goes before the fall (scripture), and we fell. His redeeming mercy is allowing us another chance. I am a poor servant TrekkinBob to do as you really wish, but I have tried. I hope it has been a help...................for whatever its worth, you've been taking some brave steps here it seems that would be considered 'blasphemous' by the fundys by siding with rational thought on these issues as well as questioning much of the basis for that religion. I have always been quite impressed with your grasp on history, and not just Biblical history. You are obviously very well-read and always learn a thing or two from your posts.

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SwingGatoz

09:03 PMApr 27 2009

What the heck is the point of that!!!!! Instead of curing cancer or some other useful thing they are making puppies glow!!! What a gigantic waste of time, you morons!!!

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