Cloned Cats Glow

In keeping with our cat theme ;)

[engine]

South Korean scientists say they have cloned cats whose genes have been altered so that they glow in the dark - taking advantage of a technological twist that could someday be used to make more dramatic genetic changes in all sorts of creatures.

A research team at Gyeongsang National University, headed by Kong Il-Keun, produced several kitty clones in January and February, the government-managed Korea.net news service reported Wednesday. This week the scientists showed off the cats, which now weigh about 7 pounds (3 to 3.5 kilograms) and glow a dull red under ultraviolet light.

Cloned Cats Glow [cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com]

[wyweb]

They still can't catch frisbees.

[LifeinAsia]

I never saw much of a market for glow in the dark pigs. Mice, though, I can see (pun intended), and cats definitely. I think the mice and cats should be different colors. Turn them loose in a room, turn off the lights, and you could have a #1 video on YouTube!

[edited by: LifeinAsia at 7:26 pm (utc) on Dec. 14, 2007]

[ann]

Cats usually sleep with you but I didn't see an off switch and that glow would keep you awake.

Ann

[Hobbs]

> glow a dull red under ultraviolet light

So would anything else soaked in pee!