Scientists create glow-in-the-dark cats

I found this piece of news quite interesting because it is completely outstanding to realise how fast is science evolving. Years ago, it was very exciting when scientists first cloned a sheep. Years later they tried to clone humans but it was "unethic" and it was supposed that they have cloned any. Now they do not just clone animals but they modify their genes as well!

In South Korea, scientists cloned a couple of cats and they also modify some genes that have got fluorescence protein. This modification makes the cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light. It is unlikely that this "new race" would soon come to pet stores. Debates about the ethics is broad because they are transgenic animals. Scientists have not only created "glow-in-the-dark" cats but also hypoallergenic cats that cost between $6,000 and $28,000.

In the year 2004 California officials banned the sale of GloFish, the world's first transgenic pet. Plenty of years ago British Scientists injected jellyfish genes into chickens and pigs to make them glow. Last year, Taiwanese scientists said they also spawned glow-in-the-dark pigs.

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(source:http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org)



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