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Pinky & Yellowy !

Yo Mamma · 2001-10-12 13:09:05

Scientists have developed the first pig with a fluorescent yellow snout and trotters using jellyfish DNA. Researchers in the US say the work is a step towards growing animal organs for transplants - which could save thousands of human lives. But opponents have said the work is a freak show and a perversion of science. The…

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Scientists have developed the first pig with a fluorescent yellow snout and trotters using jellyfish DNA.

Researchers in the US say the work is a step towards growing animal organs for transplants - which could save thousands of human lives.

But opponents have said the work is a freak show and a perversion of science.

The piglets were cloned using the same nuclear transfer technique pioneered by the Scottish experts who created Dolly the sheep.

Genetic material containing a fluorescent jellyfish gene was inserted into pig cells grown in a laboratory. Nuclei from these cells were then placed inside donor pig eggs whose own DNA had been removed.

Five eggs were implanted into the womb of a surrogate mother pig which gave birth to a litter, labelled NT (nuclear transfer) one, two, three, four and five, in March. Four piglets had yellow snouts and hoofs which glowed when placed under an ultraviolet lamp.

I cant wait to see what comes next !

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