Glow-in-the-dark puppies: pics, video, and florescent cuteness

All hail advancements in cloning and genetic manipulation. Following Snuppy and the glowing kittens, guys, let me introduce to you... Ruppy, the glow-in-the-dark puppy!

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Not necessarily "glow-in-the-dark" as we regularly define it. But this little dude glows red when under UV light. Ruppy here is actually one of four successfully cloned beagles with the red florescent proteins. And wheeeeere, pray tell, did they get those red florescent proteins? SEA ANEMONES. o_0 mmmm hmm, not kidding.

These guys are the first transgenic dogs in scientific history. New word for the day: transgenic, meaning creatures with genetic info from another species.

Reuters video here.

Aww. I want one!!! A glow-in-the-dark dog, I mean. Not the gene. (Though I've always secretly wanted the mutant power to show stripes on my skin upon command.)

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I want one, NOW!!

hmm, very nice

actually this brings me back to an idea i had about glowing in the dark, while this may have stumped my bio teacher(she was rather stupid and i highly doubt it's possible), but what if you injected skin cells that are capable of glowing into the skin, than creating a cut near the new cells, causing them to multiply to heal the wound, rinse, repeat several times until theirs enough cells to make light, possible?(don't think so but thought i'd throw it out their)

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hmm, very nice

actually this brings me back to an idea i had about glowing in the dark, while this may have stumped my bio teacher(she was rather stupid and i highly doubt it's possible), but what if you injected skin cells that are capable of glowing into the skin, than creating a cut near the new cells, causing them to multiply to heal the wound, rinse, repeat several times until theirs enough cells to make light, possible?(don't think so but thought i'd throw it out their)

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They better have made that litter of puppies sterile, we do not yet realize the effects of these kinds of genetic experiments in long term. Genetic engineering is a very wonderful science but we shouldnt mess with the way things nature intended them to be until we fully understand what the affects of this type of genetic experiments will cause. These are not the only animals whos genetic matterial has been been infused with other species. They also have rats and small fish that can glow in the dark. Also, they have goats or sheep I think(either one) that are part spider. Who knows mabey well have supper glow in the dark pets later on. XD

This topic can be changed into a religious topic, but the heck with that. :-P Pretty cool puppy , I wonder how much will it cost in the black market. :-P

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this topic is beeing changed into a religious topic,

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wtf?

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this topic is beeing changed into a religious topic,

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I didn't say that, I said:" This topic can be changed into a religious topic". Well yeah, some religions forbid cloning while others permit. But I said the heck with that. Don't care to reply okay. ;)

well religion shouldnt butt into geneticks like this because science doesnt butt into their business...well mabey sometimes but not as much....

That's a little weird.........just a little.

That would be a cool to have at parties, just sayin'

We should not be so surprised about this new breakthrough in genetic engineering because it is just the beginning for higher discoveries. Although, I must accept that this news is really shocking. Experts in South Korea have genetically designed a glow-in-the-dark Beagle. The pup will aid researchers in finding new ways to deal with illnesses. Source for this article: Scientists create glow in the dark Beagle.