Glow In the Dark Cats

Yes, really! Korean scientists have cloned the world’s first red fluorescent cat.

A cat, right, possessing red fluorescence protein (RFP) glows in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light while a normal cat doesn’t. A team led by Kong Il-keun, an animal cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, said on Dec. 12 it had cloned the two RFP cats for the first time in the world.

The scientists modified the skin cells of the mother cat by using a virus to make the protein fluoresce and believe the procedure could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.

What do you think? And don’t forget the fluorescent fish!

[photo: Gyeongsang National University]