China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig

January 8th, 2007

Via: Yahoo/Reuters:

Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research, Xinhua news agency said.

A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying.

“The mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light,” said Liu.

Genetic material from jellyfish was injected into the womb of a sow which gave birth to the three pigs 114 days later in Harbin, he said.

China celebrates the start of the Year of the Pig in February.

Research Credit: RS

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4 Responses to “China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig”

  1. Beyergrafx says:
    January 9, 2007 at 12:10 am

    So when are we getting the green eggs to go with the ham? Or maybe we’ll have to settle for glow in the dark bacon??

  2. Kevin says:
    January 9, 2007 at 12:16 am

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    And… And…

  3. Robert S says:
    January 9, 2007 at 12:28 am

    Absolute and total disgust is all I feel when I read this story.

    What kind of a mindset thinks that we need glow in the dark pigs?

    I can see the advertisments now: Hey Mothers feed you hungry family glowing green pork chops. Kids love ’em.

  4. Mark says:
    January 9, 2007 at 4:06 am

    green pork chops anyone???

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