[Chyld]

Taiwan breeds fluorescent green pig
Colored swine will advance stem cell studies, researchers say

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan, home to the world’s first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island’s stem cell research, a professor said on Thursday.

By injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, a research team at the island’s leading National Taiwan University managed to breed three male transgenic pigs, said professor Wu Shinn-Chih of the university’s Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.

“There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere, but ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green,” Wu said on Thursday.

The transgenic pigs, commonly used to study human diseases, would help researchers monitor and trace changes of the tissues during the physical development, Wu said.

In 2003, a Taiwan company began selling the world’s first genetically engineered fish, sparking protests by environmentalists who said the fluorescent green fish posed a threat to the earth’s ecosystem.

In neighboring South Korea, disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk apologized on Thursday for wrongdoing at his laboratory, but hinted at a conspiracy to discredit him and said he was blinded by the zeal of advancing stem cell studies.

An investigation panel at Seoul National University said on Tuesday that a team led by Hwang faked two landmark papers on embryonic stem cells, but did produce the world’s first cloned dog.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10818583/

Look at the picture with the article. I refuse to believe that that's anything but a pig they've coloured in with a highlighter. Seriously.

[Deepsycher]

If it is so neccessary for them to genetically engineer creatures like guinea pigs for the cause of finding stem cells they should respect the environment first. They should study the impacts before that ever gets released into the wilds so they can be more cautious.

Well for the fish it shows they put profit first by using the excuses of finding cures without giving a thought to the environment. "Lets think of now and not the future" seems a typical attitude for things like this. So there are many incurable diseases around whilst these people are busy selling genetically engineered creatures. "Hello, how would you like your fish?"
"We produce the colours and you spread the diseases."

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 17 June 2006 - 11:19 AM

[Dr Lecter]

Fuck the enviroment, what are stem cells going to do? Animals evolve naturally, all you are doing is speeding up the process. You know what is unnatural? Keeping a vegetable alive on a machine. There are green animals out there already, I don't see any animals permanently paralysed, living from a tube. Let's do everything we can do to keep people alive! But not stem cells, no no, trying to cure the paralysed isn't natural, oh but sticking a tube in someone to keep them alive, oh yes.

[Deepsycher]

...and also changing the colour of carrots.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 17 June 2006 - 06:08 PM

[Cobnat]

Fuck the enviroment, what are stem cells going to do? Animals evolve naturally, all you are doing is speeding up the process. You know what is unnatural? Keeping a vegetable alive on a machine. There are green animals out there already, I don't see any animals permanently paralysed, living from a tube. Let's do everything we can do to keep people alive! But not stem cells, no no, trying to cure the paralysed isn't natural, oh but sticking a tube in someone to keep them alive, oh yes.

I tend to agree with the good Dr. The eviroment is there to aid us humans, to let us manipulate it at will.

This post has been edited by Cobnat: 18 June 2006 - 06:11 PM

[Deepsycher]

What I read is that they keep people alive on machines, they grow vegetables and fruits in tunnels away from sunlight over a type of bag, and they keep animals in pit hole farms inside.

(1) I see that people who are classed as vegetables are grown on machines for money when it suits someone and in a political sense.

(2) Some animals are sliced up from the neck or grinded in machines alive because it is quicker and cheaper, more money from savings. I know some companies were caught doing that.

(3) Modified vegetables that are grown in tunnels without earth for more quantity, sales and profit.

(4) Now recently reports and pictures shows that Japan is still hunting whales. What will they do next? Genetically engineer them for more growth in the sea.

I think money has something to do with it. What manipulates and is it really worth the money.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 18 June 2006 - 06:28 PM

[Cobnat]

I cant wait until I can start manufacturing robotic soldiers...

[Deepsycher]

How about robotic vegetables?

[barend]

In 2003, a Taiwan company began selling the world’s first genetically engineered fish, sparking protests by environmentalists who said the fluorescent green fish posed a threat to the earth’s ecosystem.


i can vouge for that.

one of the levels of the Supreme Court of New South Wales has walls painted fluorescent lime and peach/appricot. it gives me a headache that takes hours to loose...

i can only imagine the living hell aquatic life must suffer when the swim past a fluro green fish...

[Deepsycher]

What makes money and how pretty it looks.
Like uniforms with the collars.
My definition of comfort might be reversed to this.

[Cobnat]

In 2003, a Taiwan company began selling the world’s first genetically engineered fish, sparking protests by environmentalists who said the fluorescent green fish posed a threat to the earth’s ecosystem.


i can vouge for that.

one of the levels of the Supreme Court of New South Wales has walls painted fluorescent lime and peach/appricot. it gives me a headache that takes hours to loose...

i can only imagine the living hell aquatic life must suffer when the swim past a fluro green fish...

Oh right, your from Sydney... you poor bastard.

[Deepsycher]

What is so poor or wrong about being in Sydney?

[barend]

the other people.

[Deepsycher]

Is their a name for the other people?

[Cobnat]

Is their a name for the other people?

Think of anything degrating and vola la.

(edit)

The only thin good about Sydney that Ive seen is that on every city block theres a strip club.

This post has been edited by Cobnat: 19 June 2006 - 08:14 PM