China may not have been the first country to send its people to the moon, but so far it is the first country to turn its pigs fluorescent green. At least, that's what China's state media is reporting.An agricultural researcher in China injected fluorescent green protein into the pig embryos. Of the 11 born, two share their mother's fondness for green.
The pigs glow green under ultraviolet light.
While this may sound like a joke for St. Patrick's Day, researchers say this is actually evidence that animals can successfully carry and develop foreign genes.
Liu Zhonghua was the researcher in charge. She says this bodes well for organ development.
That is, said green pig could grow a stomach, liver or kidney for later human transplant.
[via Reuters]
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