Cloned, Glow in the Dark Cats 222
eldavojohn writes "Well, you can finally get genetically modified cloned animals. South Korean scientists have shown it is possible to alter a protein via therapeutic cloning to 'artificially [create] animals with human illnesses linked to genetic causes.' The images of these animals are amazing. This research was headed by Kong Il-keun, the first person in the country to clone cats in 2004." There is always the chance that this is a hoax, but far too amusing to ignore.
I HAZ (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I HAZ (Score:4, Funny)
No, U haz florescence, which is something else entirely.
Re:I HAZ (Score:5, Funny)
Speaking of lolcats, did anybody else read this as "Stoned glow-in-the-dark Cats"? I think that would be much, much funnier to watch, personally.
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Who gave mod points to The Humorless Fucktard Patrol today?
You want to see flamebait?
I hope somebody rapes your mother and burns the house down around her, you mincing fucknugget.
Now *that's* flamebait, you jizzgargling assclown.
Re:I HAZ (Score:5, Funny)
oblig. (Score:5, Funny)
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"Not just fireflies, bioluminescent fireflies!"
Which then made me think "bioluminescent glowing cats!"
*sigh* my head hurts.
Just the one? (Score:3, Insightful)
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-roy
Haven't seen the show, then? (Score:2)
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The first two are fine in fiction/science fiction - if you don't like them, I'd avoid watching shows with faster than light travel, and stuf
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Re:oblig. (Score:4, Funny)
Glowing cat
What are they feeding you...
Re:oblig. Nukuler... (Score:2)
Now, there can be not just "Eukanuba cat food", but Nukenub cat food...
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Upgrayedd ur Grammer!
It's "I can is nitelite".
Finally! (Score:2)
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Korea? (Score:5, Funny)
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No, that's cat-lit dinner.
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hrmmmm (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:hrmmmm (Score:5, Insightful)
The red one seems to be the real deal as it only glows where it's fur doesn't block the skin. Granted it glows rather weakly but that may be simply because it's fur is not white (or doesn't appear to be) so it doesn't reflect the glow as much as say white mice would.
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Re:hrmmmm (Score:5, Informative)
=Smidge=
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http://www.forbes.com/2001/07/26/0726gfp.html [forbes.com]
Even the relatively short hair of the mice blocks out almost all of the glow.
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Re:hrmmmm (Score:5, Interesting)
My best guess for the picture though is that they used a UV/Low Light amplification filter. Then they pointed a UV light at the cats, and stuck some kind of obstruction between the light and the left cat. Thus the right cat and the tips of the left cat's ears appear green, while the left cat and the left side of the right cat's body appear black (save for the UV florescence off the left cat).
The fact that it was shot with a Low Light filter, and further compressed via JPG, means that there is a lot of noise and artifacting in the picture. That much distortion could easily mask modifications. So I would say it's either the real deal, or a fake done by someone with a lot of time and experience in producing quality fakes.
-Rick
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Amazing? (Score:3, Interesting)
Also, I'm putting my money on hoax.
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Really? I'll have a piece of that. Shall we say, evens?
formula (Score:2)
You really call that [topic] "[previously used adjective]"? Hardly. Hell, give me [objects in topic] and I'll come up with a better [topic].
Re:formula (Score:5, Funny)
I get it! Okay how's this..
"You call that comment a pointless refutation that has no actual substance? Hardly. Hell, give me a scientific breakthrough and an ignorant bastard and I'll come up with a better pointless refutation that has no actual substance."
Do I win £5?
For the simple reason (Score:3, Interesting)
For the simple reason that cats are hard to breed (require much more food and space than small rodents) and hard to clone (usually the higher up in the evolution tree, the harder to clone).
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That's why they aren't very popular research subject,
Usually in research, nowadays, specially when genetic engineering is available
- You use mutated insects, yeast, etc. If you only wan to study some genetic stuff.
- If you absolutely need mamals, you use mice. If no mouse has what you
Why I though about a prank (Score:3, Informative)
No, not because some researcher who happened to be from the same country made one. :
Because fluorescent cats obviously look silly (and thus make very good prank material), and don't make really sense from a scientific point of view
- They are seldom used in research nowadays (for the reasons I said before : it's cheaper to work with smaller mammals or even simplier subjects i
Black light cats (Score:5, Interesting)
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Excellent... (Score:5, Funny)
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Good (Score:5, Funny)
And if we plug one into a light socket, will it glow brighter? Can I use one as a night light?
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Oh wait, his cat isn't modified. Well, I'll try it anyway.
Cabbit (Score:3, Funny)
Next enhancement (Score:2)
nice maladaption (Score:3, Insightful)
Brilliant! (Score:2)
Actually... it's in Korea... maybe there's just trying to feed the poor?
Not entirely new, but still cool (Score:4, Informative)
Glowing cat, why would I want that? (Score:3, Funny)
Cat blood (Score:3, Funny)
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I had a cat with cancer of the ears who bled from his ears very often, and his blood never glowed.
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The crusty stuff is often the feces of ear mites - you can get medicine to fix that and the scratching (also due to ear mites)
Cats are really tough, though. My grampa used to comment how hard it was to beat them to death with a bat.
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I've always read that cat blood glows in the dark
You may be thinking of cat feces.
To detect the glow you need to get a well filled litter box in a completely dark room and put your face right next to the material.
Life imitates art (Score:2)
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I'll have to get out those photos, I don't think our daughter remembers that
Ob. lolcat (Score:2)
Obligatory lolcat [icanhascheezburger.com]
I do better next time. Pew pew pew!
And just in time for Christmas (Score:5, Funny)
But we LOVE Kitty! (Score:2)
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Ah HA (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Schroedinger's Glowing Cat Paradox (Score:2)
Only if it wants to.
It's a cat.
Not a dog.
Astoundingly disturbing and irresponsible (Score:3, Funny)
It's already profoundly simple for diseases to jump from one species to another, with either one species being a host carrier or an ill, infected carrier, and it's all the more common to happen with species which are:
a) genetically and physiologically similar, ie. from pigs to humans, or from primates to humans (monkeypox)
b) creatures which have regular contact, i.e. from cats to humans, deer to humans (chronic wasting disease), cattle to humans (mad cow), etc.
And, specifically, a combination of the two: something like AIDS/HIV.
Combining a species which has close, daily proximity with both humans and other cats, and which has the propensity to have large, expansive populations seems downright foolish. A parasite or virus from normal cats manages to get into the cloned cat (where it wouldn't infect the human, normally), mutates to the newer genes, and then migrates to the researchers. Voila, instant new disease (with potentially horrid results).
(on a side note: anyone with kids who have been scared by cat eyes in a dark corner (my 3-year-old son would not go past the 'spare room' which is the cat's room for weeks after he saw the cat's eyes reflecting the hallway light) realize the potential for these cats as useful babysitters: kids, leave your room and the demoncat will get you!)
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Toxoplasmosis, baby. The game is...already over. Our fuzzy diseased friends have been getting us sick for a long, long time. HIV made the leap unaided. Sure, playing with fire occasionally leads to crispy critters...but keep it up long enough and write down what you learn, and you eventually end up with internal combustion engines, beautiful steel blades to gut your neighbors, and beautiful vehicles that can transport men through the air. Fire, GOOD. Likewise, biomod, GOOD. Doesn't mean you shouldn't fee
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Please, there's already enough misinformed scare mongering going on in the biological sciences. If you don't know what you're talking about, STFU.
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a) Yes we do [jbc.org] have a good picture of the jellyfish genome and what genes interact with the glow gene (warning PDF and sciency stuff.)
b) How are we supposed to have a "complete understanding" of the modified organism without making one?
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Please clone politicians the same way... (Score:2)
So that their nose glows when they are lying.
If it glows all the time we'll know the procedure was a success!
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Now that I think about it... any chance we can get that implemented soon? Then again, I'm fairly sure all the countries that matter won't sign it anyway.
No thanks (Score:2)
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We'll make it 8' tall and call it Q. T. McWhiskers!
(And wait until you see the new 16' model!)
Finally (Score:2)
these cats don't glow, they reflect (Score:2, Informative)
I, for one, welcome... (Score:2)
Wonder if I can have this done to my cats so I don't trip over them in the dark!
OB Big Bang Theory (Score:2, Funny)
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You just have to manipulate the embryo with a tag bioluminescent marker.
I can see a definite market for them.
For research only (Score:5, Informative)
Please RTFA... (Score:2, Insightful)
Where exactly does it say "glow in the dark" ? If you're going to summarize an article, do us a favour and don't butcher the science by including your misinterpretations.
Eh... (Score:2)
Let me know when... (Score:2)
I can get sharks with laser beams on their heads. Then I'll be interested.
The ape tricked him! (Score:2)
Bart: "It wasn't Dad's fault. The ape tricked him"
A fluorescent ape (actually more of a baboon) later slaps Ned around in the car.
It isn't "Turkish Angola" (Score:2)
R/L, same diff (Score:2)
Do you hear that? (Score:2)
Glow in the dark? (Score:3, Informative)
still cool tho.
Just on time (Score:2)
Considering it's ... (Score:2)
Aha! Conclusive disproof of the old myth (Score:2)
Old Reference (Score:2)
Re:Obligitory... (Score:5, Funny)
How about "Mutated Moggy" (Score:2)
I think a better questions is (Score:4, Funny)
Cheers.
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Unless the drivers are cat-haters...
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Man...you don't see many dogs or cats in many Korean or Vietnamese neighborhoods as it is....but, now that they glow in the dark???
Those poor little critters really don't stand a chance.....
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BTW, for a nerdy show, they could have made the fish look a bit more 'real'.
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Yes, but I couldn't resist the chance to combine the two. OMG! PONIES! Florescent pink, genetically modified pony clones!!!11!!!