Ruppy (Ruby puppy) is the worlds first transgenic dog. The technology could be important for using dogs as a model for disease, but apparently it's pretty difficult to do.
New Scientist article and the paper
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Ruppy (Ruby puppy) is the worlds first transgenic dog. The technology could be important for using dogs as a model for disease, but apparently it's pretty difficult to do.
New Scientist article and the paper
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Accidentally? IT WAS DOGMURDER
Isn't there a GFP duck too?
I think it was a duck. It's been awhile.
Cool stuff though... I wonder how long it'll be before we're able to design a virus to selectively insert GFP (or other fluorescent protein) coding genes into cell lines in vivo.
Of course... by the time we reach that point there'll be a lot of more important possible uses than making yourself glow in the dark...
I think it was a duck. It's been awhile.
Cool stuff though... I wonder how long it'll be before we're able to design a virus to selectively insert GFP (or other fluorescent protein) coding genes into cell lines in vivo.
Of course... by the time we reach that point there'll be a lot of more important possible uses than making yourself glow in the dark...