XHonusWagnerX
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Glow in the dark cats!
Scientists at the Gyeongsang National University in South Korea have cloned cats that have the ability to glow-in-the dark when exposed to ultraviolet
light. By inserting a virus into the skin cells of a mother cat and placing those contaminated cells into the womb, scientists were able to prove that
it was possible to clone an animal with a manipulated gene. Apparently, this development could allow for a better understanding of human genetic
diseases in the future. But what about the benefits of glowing cats?
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Poor kitty.
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Cuz there's absolutely nothing more pressing in this world than making cats glow in the dark. Too bad they couldn't put this shit in tha taliban's
drinking water.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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this would alter life as we know it. Its the butterfly effect. The cat would no longer be albe to hunt and then become extinct. Soon rats will rule
the world. Kind of like white trash in a Walmart. Things would be chaos.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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Holy shit those scientists should have their degrees revoked.
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well they only glow under uv lights, like blacklights, so they could still hunt
but stoners would all get cats.
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I love these damn things!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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This genetic manipulation shit pisses me off to no end.
This is the end.
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I agree that the wisdom of engineering cats to glow in the dark is questionable (at best), but from a purely technical/genetic perspective the fact
that such anomalies can be brought about by the introduction of a virus to an embryo (with it's interesting, if unsettling, ability to manipulate the
genome) is very interesting. While I don't trust privately funded scientists to use this technology for benevolent purposes, there is theoretically
no reason that this technology couldn't be used to alleviate much of the suffering borne by humanity. For example- if a cat's hair can be made to
glow in the dark, surely a type I diabetics Islets of Langerhans could be manipulated to produce insulin, the brain of a Tourette's sufferer could be
tempered in it's dopamine production, the intestinal walls of someone afflicted with Crohn's could perhaps be made to be less prone to inflammation.
This hope may be a bit optimistic, but this technology currently in it's embryonic stage (pardon the pun) may yet prove to be a boon to countless
people suffering from genetically mediated disorders.
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exactly. there's lots of experiments being done with viruses transfecting the luciferase gene from fireflies into mammalian cells so they light up. it
makes it easy to see if the technique worked at all and where the affected cells ended up. it's just a way to test the delivery method.
in this case part of the motivation may have been to attract attention/funding with a spectacular experiment.
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The world is going to be taken over by an army of Hugo Chavez clones soon anyway.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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