Korean Scientists Create Glowing Dog
(Reuters) – South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Yonhap news agency reported.
A research team from Seoul National University (SNU) said the genetically modified female beagle, named Tegon and born in 2009, has been found to glow fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline antibiotic, the report said.
The researchers, who completed a two-year test, said the ability to glow can be turned on or off by adding a drug to the dog’s food.
“The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases,” the news agency quoted lead researcher Lee Byeong-chun as saying.
He said the dog was created using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technology that the university team used to make the world’s first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005.
The scientist said that because there are 268 illnesses that humans and dogs have in common, creating dogs that artificially show such symptoms could aid treatment methods for diseases that afflict humans.Huffingtonpost
At least it will be harder to step in the poop.
the only time my dog has peace from the kid is at night cuz he hides from him…. lol….. poor Poochie… if my son heard about this… he would want to do it to him… lol
The sick morons that kill animals get away with it don’t you ever try it these brain dead scum always use the excuse its for cures they will not let you have the cures even if there were its a BIG LIE,all the life tecknology lies in the hands of the shadow government infowars.com has all the details search now wake up to what is being done to humanity also same things as animals.