Don’t make “light” of

Don’t make “light” of a serious issue!
Here’s another bright idea — from the folks at betterhumans.com.
Taiwanese scientists have genetically engineered a variety of zebra fish, making it fluorescent.

?.coming soon to a pet store near you.
The so-called Night Pearls are likely the first genetically modified pets anyone will own.
HJ Tsai, a professor at National Taiwan University, created the Night Pearls as a way to make fish organs more visible when studying them under the microscope.
Tsai isolated a gene from naturally glowing jellyfish, extracted it, and inserted it into the DNA of zebrafish.
To Tsai’s surprise, the jellyfish gene made zebrafish glow.

Jeremy Rifkin, call your office!


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