See-Through Fish Help Cancer Research 112
Hugh Pickens writes "What is transparent, swims, and helps cure cancer? Caspar the friendly fish — a zebrafish bred with a see-through body to make studying disease processes easier for rapidly changing processes such as cancer, Zebrafish are genetically similar to humans in many ways and serve as good models for human biology and disease. In one experiment, researchers inserted a fluorescent melanoma tumor into the abdominal cavity of the transparent fish and by observing the fish under a microscope, they found that the cancer cells started spreading within five days and could actually see individual cells spreading. "The process by which a tumor goes from being localized to widespread and ultimately fatal is the most vexing problem that oncologists face," says Richard White, a clinical fellow in the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston. "We don't know why cancer cells decide to move away from their primary site to other parts in the body." Researchers created the transparent fish, (photo) by mating two existing zebrafish breeds, one that lacked a reflective skin pigment and the other without black pigment. The offspring had only yellow skin pigment, essentially appearing clear."
Fish Firday. (Score:0, Funny)
DIY see-through zebrafish (Score:3, Funny)
2) Order the genes - look up oligonucleotide synthesis companies, or DIY with the open source machine.
3) Download the biokit [sourceforge.net] for do-it-yourself genetic engineering.
4) ??? (tanks, supplies, tissue culture, obtaining zebra fish and feed
making us invisible (Score:2, Funny)
Re:DIY see-through zebrafish (Score:1, Funny)
Re:ew (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, yeah. That's what I kept telling the cops. They said, "'k, son, maybe so, but they're still underaged."
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here in court all week. Don't forget to tip your waiter, and don't eat the fish platter.
When.. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:ew (Score:2, Funny)
Just wait 'till it poops.
Re:That's not a transparent fish... (Score:2, Funny)
It's a space station ...
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Re:They are? (Score:2, Funny)
Royal Rainbow (Score:3, Funny)
Strange. The Emperor seems quite fond of the dish...
Re:ew (Score:4, Funny)
It would be ironic if they cured cancer, but they had to make you transparent first...
The real breakthrough (Score:4, Funny)
Fuck cancer, I wanna be transparent too !
Re:That's not a transparent fish... (Score:5, Funny)
They're pretty but having to wipe them down with Windex once a week is a pain. Oh, also they don't seem to live more than a week.
you call that a transparent fish? THIS ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ew (Score:4, Funny)