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Glowing Monkeys.

Scottie_ukScottie_uk
edited May 2009 in Chit chat
Scientists in Japan have genetically engenered monkey embrios to make monkeys glow in the dark. As a result these Monkeys have a recesive glow in the dark gene that they can pass on to their children.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8070252.stm

They Justify doing this by saying, if its possible to modify the gene pool in this way, then its possible to modify peoples genes so they are not susceptible to illneses such as Parkinsons or Cancer.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2009
    You're getting slow Scottie this story is old hat now :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited May 2009
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    You're getting slow Scottie this story is old hat now :p

    Nah that wasn't monkeys that was your (or was it Znorkx's?) tails of glowstick drinking.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2009
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Nah that wasn't monkeys that was your (or was it Znorkx's?) tails of glowstick drinking.

    Neither? I think that stuff can kill you :D
    Every night is curry night!
  • frobushfrobush
    edited May 2009
    A bloke I used to work with got drunk and drank the contents of a lava lamp.

    lava-lamp-3_1RKrp_6648.jpg

    He didn't glow or float around like an egg yoke, but he did end up in hospital.


    EDITED for spelling
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited May 2009
    Rather than messing around with monkeys, the Japanese should genetically increase their libido, considering their rapidly overaging society. Maybe they should import a few chavs from Europe with their high teenage pregnancy rates ... but they would rather manufacture robots to use as a workforce than let immigrants dilute their "homogenous" race.
  • CollieCollie
    edited May 2009
    I remember watching some program about genetically modified animals and ones that have been deliberately cross bred for generations a few years back. They extracted some genetic information from jellyfish to make rabbits glow in the dark. Apparently that will be useful for scientists. Wow really. I wish they'd make the ones across the road from me glow in the dark too. It would make it easier to see them at night-time so I can run them over in my car, or shoot them if I had a gun. Bloody pests.
  • milemile
    edited May 2009
    they should give a monkey boob implants and see if it can get a boyfreind. like one of those dating shows. i'd prolly watch it.
  • frobushfrobush
    edited May 2009
    mile wrote: »
    they should give a monkey boob implants and see if it can get a boyfreind. like one of those dating shows. i'd prolly watch it.


    You'd probably be in it.
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